Beluga Whale Harpoon Or Hurling Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Sep 1883
name: label: Donor Name
content: Charles L. McKay
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Nos. 72391 to 72404 inclusive constitute a full outfit for a Beluga hunter, with enough "extra" to supply any ordinary loss."
label: Notes
content: Described p. 108 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Beluga-harpoon Or Whaling Stick. A light stick half an inch in diameter, with a walrus-ivory tip, carved in the shape of the head of an animal. A wooden plug is inserted in the mouth and recessed for the insertion of the neck or shank. Harpoon, bone tipped with slate. When the beluga is struck the head becomes detached from the shaft. Used in connection with the Throwing Stick. Length, 5 feet. Alaska. C. L. McKay."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Nov 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: 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: 013527
label: USNM Number
content: E72391-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon