Lance For Killing Whale
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Feb 1883
name: label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "12/13/66 1 harpoon point and sheath located. GP."
label: Notes
content: Described p. 103 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Lance-head. New. Indian name, "Kathlat-te-uk." Head, steel; socket, wood, served with bark strips. Covered with a coating of spruce gum. Length, 7 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, 1883. James G. Swan. Used with a long pole (72674), and when thrust into a whale the lance becomes detached, and is recovered when the whale is cut up. A lance-head that has been successfully used acquires additional value, and for some of them the Indians ask a fabulous price."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E72639-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lance / Sheath