Beluga Whale Spear "A-Gish-Shak"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Jan 1887
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CONDITION REPORT FOR HALL 9 TAKEDOWN (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "GREY STONE POINT ATTACHED TO IVORY FITTING W/O BEING SECURED. IVORY FITTING THEN ATTACHED TO ANOTHER IVORY PIECE LASHED TO WOODEN SOCKET. WOODEN COVER FOR GREY STONE MADE FROM 2 PIECES OF WOOD LASHED W/ TWISTED SINEW. FIRST PIECE OF IVORY HAS LENGTH OF BUCKSKIN ATTACHED THROUGH A HOLE IN IVORY SHAFT AND WRAPPED OVER END OF WOODEN SHAFT. BUCKSKIN CAN BE SLIPPED OFF WOODEN END."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Kauchiung (Koggiung?), Bristol Bay / Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 018490
label: USNM Number
content: E127766-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 35.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3 cm