Boat Hook Prong
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: UPPER SURFACE SLIGHTLY CURVED (CONCAVE), HEMISPHERICAL IN CROSS-SECTION, SMOOTH. UNDERSIDE FORMS 25 DEGREE ANGLE WITH ARMS 13.3 CM. AND 7.5 CM. LONG. THREE HOLES DRILLED THROUGH SIDE. TAPERS TO A BLUNT POINT AT ONE END. SUCH ITEMS WERE LASHED TO A STRAIGHT, WOODEN SHAFT, FORMING HOOK. USED TO RETRIEVE LINES IN THE WATER.
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: Neo-Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 379712
label: USNM Number
content: A533613-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Boat Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.79 cm