Lance Heads And Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1874
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. William H. Dall
label: Donor Name
content: U.S. Coast Survey
notes: label: Notes
content: 1 Lance head and sheath (2 pieces) are on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027 [an additional lance head remains at MSC]
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 https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=512 , retrieved 11-4-2021; see web page for additional information: Lance head and sheath, Yup'ik. Using a lance with detachable heads, a hunter could repeatedly stab a beluga whale, walrus, or seal, attaching a new head for each thrust. This head has a short wooden shaft, a bone tip, and a ... blade made of ... [iron]. Lance heads were kept in protective wooden sheaths.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 003195
label: USNM Number
content: E16103-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lance Head / Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Lance Head
content: 29 cm