Bird Spear
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "48351-8. #48353 - STOCK." FROM CONDITION REPORT FOR HALL 9 TAKEDOWN (C. VALENTOUR, 3/98): "BIRD DART HAS 3 NOTCHED IVORY PRONGS LASHED TO WOODEN SHAFT W/ BRAIDED SINEWS. BRAIDING WRAPPED ALONG LENGTH OF SHAFT. NOTCHED BARBS HAVE INCISED LINES; 2 W/ RED PIGMENT." This bird dart was attached by nails to a throwing board (atlatl) for exhibit purposes when it was displayed in NHB Hall 9, Case 3. The throwing board has been given # ET24508 because #48353 only seems to be the number for the bird dart. As of 2004, the two objects are still attached to each other by two nails.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 22 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, 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: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E48353-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bird Spear
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 150.5 cm