Walrus Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1871
name: label: Collector
content: Capt. Charles F. Hall
label: Donor Name
content: Capt. Charles F. Hall
notes: label: Notes
content: Note that 10265 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 61 of USNM Bulletin No. 18.
label: Notes
content: Described p. 107 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Eskimo Whaling-harpoon. Pole, wood; ivory tip recessed for walrus ivory spear or shank, which is lashed to the pole with thongs of raw hide. Length, 8 feet 3 inches. Northeast coast."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 May 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Frobisher Bay, Nunavut, Canada, 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: 002157
label: USNM Number
content: E10265-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon