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LOT 2386
Inuit Bone Harpoon Point
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 in. (15.4 grams, 13.3 cm).
With barbed head, hexagonal-section shank, lateral spurs, tapered tang. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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