Cord-Handle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Mar 1897
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department of Agriculture
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "WHITE BEAR, SEAL TAIL, EATING A SEAL. INVENTORIED 1977. LOANED TO ALASKA STATE MUSEUM 3-31-83. LOAN RETURNED 09 23 87. LOAN: U.S.I.A. INUA JUN 24 1988. ILLUS.: INUA CATALOGUE. USIA 1988, PL.10, P.13. LOAN RETURNED DEC 28 1990." USIA Inua catalogue notes: "Some animals could assume the form of other species. The most common transformation was from a bear into the bear's prey, a visual pun. This is seen in ... [drag handle E176214] where the bear has a seal in its mouth while the back half of its body is not that of a bear but a seal."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Darby, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 031796
label: USNM Number
content: E176214-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Drag Handle