Bone Fish Spearhead Of Deer Horn Item Number: E7514-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "LOCALITY: *N.W. COAST. REMARKS: *THIS HARPOON POINT MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY GIBBS DURING HIS STAY IN NW CALIFORNIA (1851). COMPARE WITH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS FROM THAT AREA; ILLUS. UCAS NO. 67, JUL-66 "EXCAVATION OF TWO NW CALIF. COASTAL SITES", ELSASSER & HEIZER."Note that 7514 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 60 of USNM Bulletin No. 18. It is described as head of fish-spear made of elk-horn.
Item History
- Made in USA and Canada
- Collected by Capt. George Gibbs in USA and Canada
- Received on January 11, 1869
What
- Name
- Bone Fish Spearhead Of Deer Horn
- Identification Number
- E7514-0
- Type of Item
- spear
Who
- Field Collector
- Capt. George Gibbs
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- USA and Canada
- Collected in
- USA and Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on January 11, 1869
Other
- Accession Number
- 69A00005