Ivory Cord-Attachment- Seal And Bear Motif
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LVI-B-20; P. 142. TWO CORD ATTACHMENTS, BOTH WITH BEAR MOTIFS [E37218-1 is seal and bear motif], HAVE BEEN FOUND: ONE [E37218-1] ILLUSTRATED IN NELSON'S REPORT, AND THE OTHER [E37218-0] SKETCHED... IN THE ORIGINAL SI CATALOG LEDGER [in the entry for 32718]. BOTH HAVE NUMBER 37218 [written on them, so], TO AVOID CONFUSION WE HAVE GIVEN ONE A [E37218-0] AND ONE B [E37218-1]. L.L.E. 1982. [E37218-1] 1/83 SITES INUA LOAN." Illus. Fig. 56, p. 77 in Fitzhugh, William W. and Kaplan, Susan. 1982. Inua : spirit world of the Bering Sea Eskimo. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. Identified there: "Visual pun: polar bear meats seal. This [line] attacher is a humorous rendition of a close encounter between a seal and a polar bear. On the base ... is the image of another bear, formed from parts of the first two animals. All of these images are functional components of the attacher. ..."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Paimut, Yukon River, Lower, 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: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E37218-1
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Line Attacher
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 4.762 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.3 cm