Walrus & Whale Spear-Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: Described p. 110 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Harpoon-head. Detachable head, bone, with iron tip. Rear part of head bifurcated. Strap, raw-hide. Wooden neck or shank inserted in recess of head and fastened to strap with a small raw-hide becket. Length, 5 1/2 inches. Nunivak, Alaska. E. W. Nelson."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, 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: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E48240-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon