Harpoon Point
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jun 2002
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: BAYONET OR WHALING LANCE PROBABLY FROM KODIAK ISLAND. DECORATED WITH HATCH MARKS ON BOTH SIDES THAT REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP MARKS. BROKEN 6 CM. FROM TIP. ACCORDING TO STEPHEN LORING, NMNH ARCTIC STUDIES CENTER, IS SIMILAR TO ONES COLLECTED BY ALES HRDLICKA FROM THE UYAK SITE, KODIAK ISLAND. FOUND WITH HAND WRITTEN THAT SAYS:"W(ALDO) W(EDEL) SAYS HE THINKS REMINGTON KELLOGG GAVE THESE TO HIM - PROBABLY WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION." FOUND POSTHUMOUSLY WITH FOUR OTHER LANCES IN CATALOG NUMBERS A554638-A554642. NO FURTHER PROVENANCE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Island, Kodiak Quad / Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387099
label: USNM Number
content: A554641-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon Point/Lance
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.5 cm