Bone Spear Shaft
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lucien M. Turner
notes: label: Notes
content: Illus. Pl. 9, after p. 82 in Turner, Lucien M., and Ray Hudson. 2008. An Aleutian ethnography. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press. Identified there as a bone spear head. "The spear point was inserted into the opening at the flared end of the spear head. The opening was lined with wood that would swell slightly to make a secure fit. The forked end of the spear head was lashed onto the wooden shaft. Note the faint traces in the center of design or ownership marks."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Attu Island, Attu Quad / Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010517
label: USNM Number
content: A64977-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear Shaft
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.7 cm