Beluga Whale Lance
date: label: Accession Date
content: 27 Sep 1883
name: label: Donor Name
content: Charles L. McKay
notes: label: Notes
content: Described p. 112 in Brown, James Temple. 1883. The whale fishery and its appliances. Washington: Govt. print. off.: "Seal-lance. A stout wooden handle, with walrus-ivory lance, hollowed on one side, and an ivory butt-piece. The lance is lashed to the handle with a seizing of gut, and further secured by a string from the inner side of tip. An ivory peg is fastened to the butt of the point or blade, by means of which the operator is assisted in steadying the lance when manipulating it. Length, 5 feet. Alaska. C. L. McKay."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 013527
label: USNM Number
content: E72401-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Lance