Fish Spear Or Gig (Korontoomul)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: Stephen Powers
label: Donor Name
content: Stephen Powers
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FISH SPEAR OR GIG (KORONTOOMUL). DETACHABLE TIPS, MADE OF SHORT IRON POINTS AND WOODEN BARBS LASHED BY A SEIZING OF TWINE AND PITCH, FIT OVER THE END OF ROUGH WOODEN STAFF--STAFF HAS BEEN BROKEN. THE LINE ATTACHED TO THESE TIPSIS MODERN MANUFACTURE. MADE BY HOOCHNOWE INDIANS. LENGTH: STAFF, 34 1/4 INCHES; TIPS, 3 INCHES. SOUTH EEL RIVER, CALIFORNIA, 1876. 21,413 (A). STEPHEN POWERS."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Mendocino County (not certain) / South Eel River, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Huchnom
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004856
label: USNM Number
content: E21413-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Staff
content: 87 cm
label: Length - Tip
content: 8 cm