Beluga Whale Line, Walrus Hide
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Sep 1883
name: label: Donor Name
content: Charles L. McKay
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus. in Proceedings, USNM, vol. 60; Pl. 25, no. 12; p. 48."
label: Notes
content: Described p. 113 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Harpoon And Float-line. Line, walrus hide; head, bone, tipped with brass, fastened to line by means of a small laniard and an ivory toggle. Used by natives in capturing the beluga. Length of line, 68 feet. Alaska. C. L. McKay."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 013527
label: USNM Number
content: E72397-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line