Seal, Walrus & Whale Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: Described p. 113 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Seal-spear. Pole, wood; bone spear or lance lashed to butt with a seal thong; ivory grip, carved in imitation of head of seal, lashed to central part of pole; tip of pole served with strips of baleen; headpiece, ivory, recessed for ivory shank, lashed to a pole with a seal thong; harpoon wanting. Length, 9 feet 5 inches. Sledge Island, Alaska. E. W. Nelson. Harpoon and lance or spear combined."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sledge Island, Norton Sound, 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: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E45418-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon