Floatline For Spearing Walrus & Whale
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ONE COIL. PEABODY MUSEUM."
label: Notes
content: Described p. 114 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Float-line. Line made of walrus hide. Used in capture of walrus and whales, for attaching buoys. Sledge Island, Alaska, 1880. E. W. Nelson."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sledge Island, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E45403-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line