Harpoon Foreshaft, from a grave
name: label: Donor Name
content: Capt. C H. Mclellan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "(WITH THIS SPECIMEN BELONGS THE CHIPPED STONE POINT L241.) OLD IVORY, FINELY WORKED. LONG BARBS ON EITHER SIDE OF BODY OF FORESHAFT. DOME AT LOWER END; EXCAVATED AT HEAD FOR RECEPTION OF STEM OF CHIPPED HEAD WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN LASHED IN PLACE. THE SPECIMEN WAS FOUND IN A GRAVE STICKING BETWEEN THE RIBS OF A SKELETON. THE HEAD HAS BEEN GROUND AT THE POINT." NOTE THERE IS A DRAWING OF OBJECT AND ITS STONE HEAD ON BACK OF CATALOGUE CARD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Attu Island, Aleutian Islands / Attu Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Aleut (Unangax^ ; Unangan; Unangas)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 009112
label: USNM Number
content: EL240-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22.22 cm