Line Attached To Seal & Sea Otter Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Dec 1882
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 142, p. 149 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. Identified there: "Punehpak - braided sinew line, Katmai (Qayihwik). Alaska Peninsula, 1879-1882. Length of bundle 13 cm.. Alutiiq women twisted sinew fibers from whales, porpoises, and bears into strong lines for hunting equipment and kayaks. Learning to make braided cords was one of a young girl's first lessons. This cord is decorated with colored thread and strands of caribou hair."
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=158, retrieved 9-3-2012: Line, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag. punehpak "braided sinew line" - Language: Koniag Sugpiaq (Kodiak Island dialect)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Katmai, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Keiichwichmiut
label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012209
label: USNM Number
content: E72492-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13 cm