Spear Point
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: WHALEBONE FISH SPEAR POINT WHICH IS MULTI-BARBED AND TAPERED SLIGHTLY FOR ATTACHMENT TO SHAFT. THIS POINT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE TIERRA DEL FUEGO CASE IN EXHIBIT HALL 11, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. IT APPARENTLY CAME LOOSE FROM ITS SHAFT, WHICH HAS BEEN LOST. THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yahgan (Yagán, Yámana)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5721-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Spear Point
physicalDescription: label: Length - Point
content: ca. 30 cm