E0170: Projectile Point

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0170

Classification Category:

10:Unclassifiable Artifacts

Marks/Labels:

A worn tag with faded writing or symbols of another language.
Another tag that has printed, "Eskimo arrow point from Alaska. Presented by Rev. T.L. Drevig.

Materials:

stone/minerals ➔ unidentified ➔ unidentified

Dimensions:

4.5 cm L
2 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

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