Harpoon Point
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Jun 2002
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: BAYONET OR WHALING LANCE PROBABLY FROM KODIAK ISLAND. DECORATED WITH LINES AND HATCH MARKS ON BOTH SIDES THAT REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP MARKS. ACCORDING TO STEPHEN LORING, NMNH ARCTIC STUDIES CENTER, IS SIMILAR TO ONES COLLECTED BY ALES HRDLICKA FROM THE UYAK SITE, KODIAK ISLAND. FOUND WITH HAND WRITTEN NOTE THAT SAYS:"W(ALDO) W(EDEL) SAYS HE THINKS REMINGTON KELLOGG GAVE THESE TO HIM - PROBABLY WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION." FOUND POSTHUMOUSLY IN HENRY COLLINS' OFFICE WITH FOUR OTHER LANCES IN CATALOG NOS. A554638-A554642. NO FURTHER PROVENANCE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Island, Kodiak Quad / Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 387099
label: USNM Number
content: A554640-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon Point/Lance
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 40 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 2.5 cm