Plate
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Mar 1958
name: label: Collector
content: James A. Ford
label: Donor Name
content: American Museum of Natural History
label: Site Name
content: Birnirk
notes: label: Notes
content: LARGE OBLONG WOODEN DISH OR PALETTE BROKEN IN THREE PIECES. RESIDUE OF ADHESIVE ON SOME EDGES FROM PRIOR REPAIR ATTEMPT. ALSO PIECES OF NEWSPAPER ADHERED AND IN ONE PLACE STAPLED. ONE CORNER HAS A TRIANGULAR SHAPED PERFORATION APPROXIMATELY 1CM ACROSS. IN THE EDGE NEAR THE PERFORATION IS A SHALLOW NOTCH 1 CM DEEP. ONE FRAGMENT HAS SOIL, ORGANIC MATERIAL AND OTHE DEBRIS ADHERING, POSSIBLY GLUED IN PLACE. FORD (1959:FIGS 14 AND 15) IDENTIFIES IT AS A DISH LIKE OBJECT. WHEN FOUND, IT HAD TWO STONE BLADES AND A HARPOON HEAD. NEITHER HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AT NMNH.
label: Notes
content: Repatriated to the Village of Barrow 27 August 2025.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Sep 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Barrow Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, Greenland Inuit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 242284
label: USNM Number
content: A399516-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Plate
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Plate
content: 61 cm
label: Maximum Width - Plate
content: 28 cm
label: Maximum Thickness - Plate
content: 1.63 cm