Seal Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FISH SPEARS (6).--HEAD A SOLID PIECE OF IVORY INTO WHICH A BARBED IVORY POINT IS INSERTED LOOSELY AND HELD IN PLACE BY A CORD WHICH IS WRAPPED ABOUT THE LONG WOODEN SHAFT. WHEN THE FISH IS STRUCK THE POINT IS DISPLACED FROM ITS SOCKET AND THE VICTIM IS ALLOWED TO PLAY BY MEANS OF THE UNTWISTING OF THE LINE FROM THE SHAFT. IN FOUR CASES TRIOS OF FEATHERS ARE LASHED WITH SINEW TO THE SHAFT; IN ANOTHER CASE A DOUBLE TRIO, AND IN STILL ANOTHER A SKIN FLOAT IS ATTACHED. AVERAGE LENGTH, 42 INCHES. ESKIMO OF ALASKA. 8,004, 36,148, 48,364, 7,998, 36,101, AND 16,316. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON, T. T. MINOR, AND W. H. DALL."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, 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: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E48364-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: avg 107 cm