Ceremonial Object, Pronged
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Jan 1931
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Henry B. Collins Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Henry B. Collins Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: Illustrated in Fitzhugh, William W., Julie Hollowell, and Aron L. Crowell. 2009. Gifts from the Ancient Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, CT, Fig. 23l, p 185. Identified there as a Punuk harpoon counterweight, walrus ivory, h. 9.5 cm.. Identified there: "... The engraving style is classic geometric Punuk with deeply carved doubled and single iron-cut lines and spurs, in this case bearing traces of red pigment."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Gambell / St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea / St. Lawrence Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Punuk
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 108529
label: USNM Number
content: A356128-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon Counterweight