Seal Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1871
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Charles F. Hall
label: Donor Name
content: Capt. Charles F. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: Note that 10272 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 60 of USNM Bulletin No. 18.
label: Notes
content: Described p. 113 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Seal-spear. Four conjoined pieces; lance-point, bone, rigidly fastened into the recessed bulb-shaped end of shank; shank, walrus bone, chamfered at rear extremity and lashed to the handle with seal sinew; handle, wood; butt, recessed; small bone butt-piece inserted in recess and lashed with seal-skin; lance-strap, sealskin. Length, 65 inches. King William Island. Captain C. F. Hall."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: King Williams Land (King William Island), Nunavut, Canada, 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: 002157
label: USNM Number
content: E10272-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear