Seal-Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. William A. Mintzer
label: Donor Name
content: Lt. William A. Mintzer
notes: label: Notes
content: Described p. 107 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Eskimo Whaling-harpoon. Pole, wood; butt-piece, ivory; inserted in a recess in the butt, and riveted with native copper. Grip, ivory; pole tipped with ivory, recessed for a spear or shank, 18 1/2 inches long, made of walrus ivory, and lashed to pole with raw hide. Length, 8 feet 7 inches. Cumberland Gulf. W. A. Mintzer, U. S. N. May be used in the capture of whale or walrus."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 May 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005449
label: USNM Number
content: E30008-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon