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LOT 2126

Sold for (Inc. bp): £72

NORTH AMERICAN INUIT BONE HARPOON POINT
NAKLEET, PUNUK PERIOD, 600-1200 A.D. OR LATER
4 1/2 in. (6.8 grams, 11.5 cm).

Carved with lentoid-section shank and triangular barbs to one edge. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

CONDITION
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