Fishing lure and fishhook

Museum number:
2-2035
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Connected by birdquill line. Bent steel hook on ivory shank with 2 perforations. Fish shaped recarved ivory lure with inlaid eyes, perforations on nose, tail and on under side.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishhooks and Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.3 centimeters and length 7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and fishhook, accession number 2-2035, described as Connected by birdquill line. Bent steel hook on ivory shank with 2 perforations. Fish shaped recarved ivory lure with inlaid eyes, perforations on nose, tail and on under side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and fishhook, accession number 2-2035, described as Connected by birdquill line. Bent steel hook on ivory shank with 2 perforations. Fish shaped recarved ivory lure with inlaid eyes, perforations on nose, tail and on under side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and fishhook, accession number 2-2035, described as Connected by birdquill line. Bent steel hook on ivory shank with 2 perforations. Fish shaped recarved ivory lure with inlaid eyes, perforations on nose, tail and on under side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and fishhook, accession number 2-2035, described as Connected by birdquill line. Bent steel hook on ivory shank with 2 perforations. Fish shaped recarved ivory lure with inlaid eyes, perforations on nose, tail and on under side.

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