Seal-Buoy Or Float, And Sight
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "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 LANYARDS. ON MIDDLE OF SHAFTS ARE FASTENED BONE FINGEER-CLEATS, AND NEAR ENDS ARE LASHED SEAL-BLADDER BUOYS, WITH BONE MOUTH PIECES; HARPOON LINE IS ATTACHED TO LANYARD OF SHAFT. LENGTH, 4 TO 5 FEET; BONE HEADS, 7 INCHES; POINTS, 3 TO 5 INCHES. 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 (WHALE) HUNTING, AND THROWN AFTER THE GAME HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SPEARED TO PREVENT THEM FROM SINKING OR ESCAPING."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 20 Jun 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Unalakleet, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33911-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon / Float
physicalDescription: label: Minimum Length - Object
content: 1 m
label: Maximum Length - Object
content: 2 m
label: Length - Bone Heads
content: 18 cm
label: Minimum Length - Points
content: 8 cm
label: Maximum Length - Points
content: 13 cm