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Owned by John Muir. Hunters used spears like this to hunt water fowl. They were launched from an atl-atl [spear thrower].
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- Title: Fowling Spear
- Contributor: John Muir National Historic Site, National Park Service
- Original Source: http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/jomu/exb/Legacy/Traveler/jomu1397_spear.html
- Tribe: Western Eskimo
- Source: John Muir National Historic Site
- National Park Service Catalog Number: JOMU 1397
- Measurements: L 1.73, D 1.9 cm
- Materials: Walrus ivory
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