Ivory Beluga Whale
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Nov 1878
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "33429A. THE SPECIMEN SO NUMBERED IS A SMALL IVORY WHALE, ORIG. NO. 49, LABELLED "YUKON." LISTED IN NELSON'S FIELD CATALOG AS "BELUGA", ORIG. #49, FROM PASTOLIK AND YUKON MOUTH. THE ORIGINAL CATALOG BOOK LISTS THE ITEM AS "WOLF", ORIG. NO. 119, BUT THE ACCOMPANYING SKETCH IS OF THE SEAL/WHALE WHICH HAS ORIG. #49. THE MISSING WOLF #119 (NO SKETCH), WILL BE LABELLED A, (IF FOUND), AND THE BELUGA WILL BE B." "33429B. se note for 33429A. Inventoried 1978"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Dec 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pastolik, Yukon River, Mouth, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 78A00080
label: USNM Number
content: E33429-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure