Spear-Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Mar 1897
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Department of Agriculture
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SEAL SPEAR HEAD. SPEARHEAD FORESHAFT. ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, ARCTIC, FIG. 12, PG. 232. LOAN: U.S.I.A. INUA JUN 24 1988. ILLUS.: INUA CATALOGUE. USIA 1988, PL. 21, P.21. LOAN RETURNED DEC 28 1990." USIA Inua identifies: Bladder dark socketpiece. "Socketpieces were made of heavy bone or ivory, and often decorated with predator motifs of helping spirits, such as the land otter ... [on E176248.] Use of animal motifs invested the piece with the qualities possessed by the animal, in this case the stealth and speed of the land otter." Divided base indicates it is Inupiaq.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cape Vancouver, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 031796
label: USNM Number
content: E176248-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20.2 cm