Harpoon Point

front of object

Public Domain

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Harpoon Point
Date500–1550 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumBone
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (18.4 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of David Bernstein in memory of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2011.1083
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, until 2011]; given to MFAH, 2011.

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Crown
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200 BC–400 AD
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100 BC–800 AD
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200 BC–400 AD
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200–300 AD
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