Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-13401
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
211 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Object count:
1
Description:
Fishline of black whalebone (baleen) wound on grooved stick with beetle like fish lure of stone. Copper hook, blue bead eyes and yellow auklet bill fragments.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Aethia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing tackle
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 41.3 centimeters and length 5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-13401, described as Fishline of black whalebone (baleen) wound on grooved stick with beetle like fish lure of stone. Copper hook, blue bead eyes and yellow auklet bill fragments.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-13401, described as Fishline of black whalebone (baleen) wound on grooved stick with beetle like fish lure of stone. Copper hook, blue bead eyes and yellow auklet bill fragments.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-13401, described as Fishline of black whalebone (baleen) wound on grooved stick with beetle like fish lure of stone. Copper hook, blue bead eyes and yellow auklet bill fragments.

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