Weight For Fishing Net
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: MOTTLED BROWN FOSSIL WALRUS IVORY WEIGHT IS AN ELONGATED OVAL W/ POINTED ENDS. A HOLE IS BORED INTO EACH END. ACCORDING TO APPRAISER'S LIST, BELIEVED TO BE 600-800 YEARS OLD. WEIGHTS WERE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER EDGE OF FISHING NET FOR NETTING SEALS THROUGH THE ICE DURING WINTER (NELSON 1983: 126). CONDITION: LABEL "10" AFFIXED TO ONE SIDE. CARVED PARALLEL LINES RUNNING LENGTHWISE ON ONE SIDE. PURCHASED IN POINT BARROW.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: North Alaskan Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: A553277-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Net Weight
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2 cm