Harpoon-Head For Whales
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1883
name: label: Collector
content: Lt P.H. Ray
label: Collector
content: John Murdoch
label: Collector
content: Middleton Smith
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Signal Service
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "56601-2. BRASS TIPPED. ILLUS. IN USNM REPT, 1900; FIG. 66; P. 273."
label: Notes
content: Described p. 110 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Harpoon-head. A detachable harpoon-head, bone, with brass tip. Used by natives in capturing the whale. Length, 10 1/2 inches. Ooglaamie, 1882. Lieutenant P. H. Ray, U. S. A."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, 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: 013712
label: USNM Number
content: E56602-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon