Charm Worn On The Person, Wooden, Beluga Whale
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1883
name: label: Collector
content: Lt P.H. Ray
label: Collector
content: John Murdoch
label: Collector
content: Middleton Smith
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Signal Service
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Worn probably for good luck. Illus. in BAE 9th AR, fig. 423, p. 436."
label: Notes
content: On exhibit in NMNH Sant Ocean Hall. 2014 exhibit caption identifies this as an Inupiaq whale amulet for protection and good luck.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013712
label: USNM Number
content: E89524-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet