Harpoon Point And Lanyard
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: This harpoon is clearly marked "4924" but 4924 is almost certainly NOT the correct catalogue number for this object. According to the ledger book, 4924 is a Fijian bow/arrow from the Wilkes collection, and this harpoon is not listed. So it is probably misnumbered. It is possible that this harpoon is not from the U.S. Exploring Expedition either -- the Wilkes attribution may be from its (erroneous) association with number 4924. This artifact has been attributed to the Northwest Coast (see catalogue card for E4924), and the U.S. Ex. Ex. did collect there, however there are also James G. Swan collection pieces with catalogue numbers in the 4000 number range, and there are several other collections with missing harpoons.
label: Notes
content: No catalog card found in card file
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast (not certain), United States (not certain) / Canada (not certain), North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E4924A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon