Grey Projectile Point made of Caribou Antler

Tanana
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic

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collected 1929-1930

Caribou antler

Overall: 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Robert A. McKennan, Class of 1925

30.2.4619

Geography

Place Found: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Artifact

Research Area

Archaeology

Native American: Subarctic

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Professor Robert Addison McKennan [Dartmouth Class of 1925, 1903-1982) [during his field research studying the Tanana and Chandalar people of the Upper Tanana River, Alaska], 1929-1930; given to present collection, 1930.

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