Heavy Shafted Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ICESTAFF AND HOOK, BONE POINT. USED IN SPRING AND FALL WHEN HUNTING IN A BIDARKIE AMONG THE ICE. THE HUNTER HOLDS HIS BOAT FAST TO AN ICE CAKE WITH THE HOOK WHILE HE IS GETTING IN OR OUT OF THE BOAT, OR USES THE SHARP POINT TO WARD OFF FLOATING PIECES OR PROPEL HIMSELF AMONG THEM. ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; P1. LXXX-1; P. 223."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: St. Michael, 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: E33893-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear