Ivory Cord-Attachment- Bear Motif
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: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LVI-B-20; P. 142. TWO CORD ATTACHMENTS, BOTH WITH BEAR MOTIFS [note: E37218-1 is seal and bear motif], HAVE BEEN FOUND: ONE [E37218-1] ILLUSTRATED IN NELSON'S REPORT, AND THE OTHER [E37218-0] SKETCHED AS BEING 37218 IN THE ORIGINAL SI CATALOG LEDGER. BOTH HAVE NUMBER 37218, TO AVOID CONFUSION WE HAVE GIVEN ONE [the letter] A [E37218-0] AND ONE B [E37218-1]. L.L.E. 1982. ..." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "LEADER.---MADE OF WALRUS IVORY, CARVED IN REPRESENTATION OF A BEAR. USED TO KEEP THE TWO STRANDS OF A LINE FROM GETTING TANGLED. LENGTH, 1 7/8 INCHES; WIDTH, 1/2 INCH. ESKIMO OF PAIMUT, ALASKA. 37,218. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Paimut, 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: E37218-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line Attacher
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 4.762 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.3 cm