Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of George J. Niebuhr (1874-1928, of Maplewood, New Jersey); purchased by MAI from his widow Christine L. Zenke Niebuhr (1880-1951) in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Seller
- Christine L. Zenke Niebuhr (Christine Luzetta Zenke/Mrs. George Niebuhr), Non-Indian, 1880-1951
- Previous owner
- George J. Niebuhr, Non-Indian, 1874-1928
- Object Name
- Arrow point
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Barbed
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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