Harpoon Detachable Point Or Large Seal Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "KU KHAT KA FU LUN I SHIT." "HARPOONS.--Shafts of cedar, oval in cross-section, fitted into bone heads, in outer end of which are wooden plugs in which are inserted barbed-bone points secured to heads by laniards. On middle of shafts are fastened bone finger-cleats, and near end are lashed seal-bladder buoys, with bone mouth-pieces; harpoon line is attached to laniard of shaft. Length, 4 to 5 ft.; bone heads, 7 ins.; points, 3 to 5 ins. ALASKA. Collected by E.W. NELSON and L.M. TURNER. 33,936, 29,040, 33,911, 33,912, 33,930, 33,938, 33,864, 33,975, 33,933. Used by Alaskan Indians of Norton Sound and elsewhere in seal and beluga hunting, and are thrown after the game has been previously speared, to prevent their sinking or escaping."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jan 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pastolik / Unalakleet, Yukon River, Mouth / Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Unalakleet
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33975-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon