Bone Harpoonheads
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1870
name: label: Collector
content: P. Nickerson
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: Note that 9838 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 60 of USNM Bulletin No. 18. Identified there as bone and iron harpoon heads, Eskimo, Northeast Coast.
label: Notes
content: Described p. 109 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Three Harpoon-heads Of Bone And Iron. Recessed in rear end for poles. Rigid eyes for laniards. Length, 4 7/8, 5 3/8, 5 5/8 inches. Eskimos, Northeast coast. 9838. S. F. Baird."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, North America (not certain)
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: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E9838-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon