Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-2966
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Alternate number:
35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.26
Description:
Fish shaped carved ivory with bifurcated tail, 4 rows of baleen dots, curved iron hook, perforated near tail.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaskan Interior, Unknown Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Alaskan Interior
Culture or time period:
Nunatagmiut Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
ca. 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
May be made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2966, described as Fish shaped carved ivory with bifurcated tail, 4 rows of baleen dots, curved iron hook, perforated near tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2966, described as Fish shaped carved ivory with bifurcated tail, 4 rows of baleen dots, curved iron hook, perforated near tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2966, described as Fish shaped carved ivory with bifurcated tail, 4 rows of baleen dots, curved iron hook, perforated near tail.

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