Fishing lure or sinker

Museum number:

2-4477

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

X-623 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Oblong tapered fish shape, excised eyes, perforation at tail and on underside.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Lures and Sinkers (fishing)

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

Used for fishing

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 7.3 centimeters

Legacy documentation: