Carved Ivory Beluga Whale
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "DIRTY WHITE IVORY, INCISED V-SHAPED DESIGN ON BACK. THE FIGURE MATCHING THE ORIG. CAT. ILLUSTRATION FOR THIS NUMBER (38132) WAS FOUND WITH THE NUMBER 38141. THE ITEM ILLUSTRATED AS 38141 WAS FOUND IN THE COLL., CORRECTLY LABELLED. THE FIRST BELUGA'S NUMBER WAS HENCE ASSUMED TO BE INCORRECT, AND WAS CHANGED. THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH PROVENANCE: THE FIGURE IS MARKED NULUKHTUHUGUMUT YET THE CAT. BOOK LISTS LOWER YUKON. L.L.E. 1979."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Starikwikhpak (Kuigpalleq), Yukon River, Lower, 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: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38132-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure