Wooden Implement
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SHIELD FOR CARRYING A COIL OF CORD. IT IS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE HUNTER IN THE BIDARKIE [KAYAK] WITH THE REMAINING COIL UPON IT WITH SPEAR ATTACHED WHEN THE CORD IS RUN OUT UNTIL NEAR THE END OF THE LARGE FLOAT, WHICH RESTS BEHIND THE MAN, IS THROWN OVERBOARD, BEING ATTACHED TO THE EXTREMITY OF THE LINE. THE SHIELD IS FASTENED TO THE BIDARKIE [KAYAK] WITH GRASS STRINGS SO THAT SHOULD IT BECOME ENTANGLED IN RUNNING OUT, THE SHIELD COULD BE EASILY TORN AWAY WITHOUT DANGER OF UPSETTING." Ledger book indicates line E33896 goes with this object.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kigiktauik, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33895-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Float Board