Whale Oil Candles
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: PAIR OF HAND-DIPPED CANDLES RENDERED FROM SPERM WHALE OIL (SPERMACETI) THAT WAS KILLED BY KILLER WHALES & WASHED UP ON A KODIAK BEACH. HAS LABEL "WHALE OIL CANDLE HAND CRAFTED IN INDIAN ALASKA." FURTHER HISTORY IS MENTIONED ON BACK OF LABEL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Jan 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Island, Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428086-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Candle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2.5 cm