Fish Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1875
label: Collection Date
content: 1875
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 29, FIG. 138; P. 286."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Note that 18933 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 60 of USNM Bulletin No. 18.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=519 , retrieved 12-30-2011: Fish spear head This head for a fishing spear has three prongs tipped with metal points. It may have been used for spearing salmon in shallow streams or for taking trout through holes in the ice of frozen lakes.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Baranof Island / Sitka, Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tlingit
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004126
label: USNM Number
content: E18933-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 42.5 cm