Basket Used To Hold Spearheads etc.
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Feb 1883
name: label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Large. Kla-ash."
label: Notes
content: Described p. 105 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Basket. A large basket,"Kla-ash," used by natives for holding spear-heads, harpoons, and lines, when sealing. Length, 28 inches. Port Townsend, Washington Territory, January, 1883. James G. Swan. These baskets are never offered for sale. The prices asked for them, when a native is induced to sell, exceed those for the ordinary baskets."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Makah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 012690
label: USNM Number
content: E72665-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket