Ornament
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1970's-1980's
name: label: Collector
content: Eskimos, Unnamed
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. A J. Seidl
notes: label: Notes
content: STYLIZED WHALE. SLIGHTLY CONVEX. TWO NOTCHES ON UNDERSIDE FOR CORD ATTACHMENT. TAIL AND PART OF ONE SIDE BROKEN OFF AND MISSING. PERHAPS ONCE ATTACHED TO RITUAL BALEEN DRINKING BUCKET, USED TO FEED CAPTURED WHALES, OR TO ANOTHER ARTIFACT (E.G. CONTAINER OR CLOTHING ITEM) ASSOCIATED WITH WHALING RITUAL, OR MAY HAVE SERVED AS A CHARM. (ACCORDING TO DR. WILLIAM FITZHUGH).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea / St. Lawrence Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Punuk
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 379712
label: USNM Number
content: A533609-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 10.51 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.25 cm