Beluga Whale Buoy
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Sep 1883
name: label: Collector
content: Charles L. McKay
label: Donor Name
content: Charles L. McKay
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CONDITION REPORT AFTER REMOVAL FROM EXHIBIT HALL 9 (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "REVERSED SEALSKIN HAS 3 IVORY PLUGS (2 AT EYES, 1 ON CHEST) & 1 WOODEN PLUG BETWEEN 2 EYES IN SITU. FEET, TAIL, MOUTH SEALED SHUT W/ BRAIDED SINEW. FRONT RIGHT FOOT EQUIPPED W/ IVORY TUBE & WOODEN STOPPER. HEAD CLOSURE HAS THICK BRAIDED LOOP FOR ATTACHING LINE. LENGTH OF RAWHIDE LINE IN SITU, KNOTTED TO LOOP. FLOAT FILLED W/ VERMICULITE." E72399 and E72400 described p. 114 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Two Seal-skin Buoys. Skin of a small seal turned inside out. The apertures of head and feet are tied up or hermetically fastened by means of small bone studs, with the exception of one of the fore-legs, which is used for inflation, the hole being stopped by a wooden plug. A grommet, through which the buoy-line is rove, is seized to the neck. 24 by 15 inches. 72399. 26 by 16 inches. 72400. Alaska. C. L. McKay."
label: Notes
content: Photo negative number 83-10726 is an image of kayak # E160415 with sealskin float # E72399 on top of it.
label: Notes
content: Illustrated Fig. 27, pp. 60-61 in Fitzhugh, William W., Susan A. Kaplan, and Henry B. Collins. 1982. Inua: spirit world of the Bering Sea Eskimo. Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Museum of Natural History by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bristol Bay, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013527
label: USNM Number
content: E72399-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Float
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 81 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 41.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 19 cm