Whaling Harpoon
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "20896-7. NAME: *WHALING HARPOON. LOCALITY: **SITKA. REMARKS: *#20896 CONSISTS OF HARPOON HEAD, POINT, LANYARD, AND SHEATH. ** COMPARE TO #74208-9 (MAKAH-NEAH BAY) GP."
label: Notes
content: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists locality for this object as Sitka (perhaps purchased there?) and lists culture as Makah. E20896 and 7 appear to be the two objects listed in the accession file as "2 Makah whaling harpoons."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Makah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004730
label: USNM Number
content: E20896-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon Sheath