Seal Or Whale Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LV-A8; P. 139."
label: Notes
content: Described p. 108 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Seal-harpoon. Pole, wood; ivory spear or lance seized to butt with seal-skin; ivory grip; head-piece and shank, walrus ivory; tip of pole served with seal sinews. Harpoon wanting. Length, 9 feet 6 inches. Port Clarence, Alaska. E. W. Nelson. Harpoon and lance, or spear, combined."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Aug 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Port Clarence, Seward Peninsula, 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: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E43429-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon