Rest For Shooting
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LXIII-31; P. 164." Note re photos: Neg. # 2004-62746 is an image of a small piece of the gun rest. Neg. #2005-4884 is an image of the whole gun rest.
label: Notes
content: Photo and description in Fienup-Riordan, Ann. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput, The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, p. 251. Irunguaq Gun Rest. Irunguaq/Gun rest Frank Andrew [from Kwigillingok] explained: "They call those 'pretend legs.' They use it for shooting, by staking it down in the ground, to hold a gun."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Chalitmut, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E36026-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Gun Rest
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 100 cm
label: Width
content: 12.5 cm
label: Diameter
content: 3 cm