Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by George Arkwright Slater (1871-1940, general manager of Northern Traders Ltd., a fur trading company) at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from George A. Slater in 1925.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Inuvialuit [Mackenzie Delta] (archaeological) (attributed)
- Collector
- George A. Slater (George Arkwright Slater), Non-Indian, 1871-1940
- Seller
- George A. Slater (George Arkwright Slater), Non-Indian, 1871-1940
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1800
- Object Name
- Spear point part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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