Seal Harpoon-Shaft
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: Described p. 111 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Eskimo Lance. Handle, wood, one and one-half inches in diameter; butt-piece, ivory, wedge-shaped, inserted in scarf in the butt of pole, and lashed and served with the sinew of the seal; ivory peg near tip of handle used as a finger-grip when manipulating the instrument; lance-blade, longitudinal section of walrus tusk, lashed to pole with seal-thong. Total length, 8 feet. Alaska. E. W. Nelson. Used by natives in the capture of seal and walrus."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Chalitmut, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, 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: E36063-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon