Whale Lance Flint Lance-Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Nov 1883
name: label: Collector
content: Lt P.H. Ray
label: Collector
content: John Murdoch
label: Collector
content: Middleton Smith
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Signal Service
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 9TH AR, FIG. 238, P. 240." FROM CONDITION REPORT AFTER REMOVAL FROM EXHIBIT HALL 9 (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "FACETED WOODEN SHAFT W/ TRIANGULAR STONE BLADE INSERTED IN TO SOCKET, BOUND W/ BRAIDED SINEW. RED PAINT SECTION BELOW SINEW. 2 SECTION OF COILED TWINE TOWARD END OF SHAFT. WOODEN SHAFT IS MADE OF 3 SEPARATE PIECES DOWELED TOGETHER W/ WOODEN PEGS. JOIN AREAS SANDED SMOOTH SUGGESTING SHAFT WAS CUT IN THE FIELD FOR EASY TRANSPORT & THEN JOINED AT THE MUSEUM."
label: Notes
content: Described p. 112 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Walrus-lance. Pole, wood; lance-head, flint, 4 1/8 inches by 5 inches, inserted in recessed tip, lashed and served with seal sinew; pole in two sections to fit case. Total length, 20 feet 4 inches. Point Barrow, 1882. Lieutenant P. H. Ray, U. S. A."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, 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: 013712
label: USNM Number
content: E56765-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lance
physicalDescription: label: Length - Lance
content: 391 cm
label: Length - Blade
content: 8.9 cm
label: Width - Blade
content: 10 cm