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LOT 2400
Inuit Bone Harpoon Point
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/4 in. (24 grams, 17 cm).
With barbed head, lentoid-section shank, lateral spurs, tapered rear; remains of a very old label with legend '1[8]80'. [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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