Seal Skin Buoy
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Feb 1883
name: label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: Described p. 102 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Seal-skin Buoy. Skin of the hair-seal used by natives in the capture of the whale. Indian name, "Do-ko-kuptl." New. Length, 36 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan."
label: Notes
content: From card: "4/8/68 A float with this number remains nthe coll. Possibly 72629 was given to Trocadero? GP".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Oct 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, 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: 012690
label: USNM Number
content: E72629-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Float / Line