Sinker (fishing)

Museum number:
2-6994
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
73 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Stone bola weight fashioned into sinker. White stone perforated top and bottom.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1898-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bolas (projectile weapons) and Sinkers (fishing)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.2 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, D.J., The Eskimo of St. Michael and Vicinity as Related by H.M.W. Edmonds, ill. p. 126, top foto.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-6994, described as Stone bola weight fashioned into sinker. White stone perforated top and bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-6994, described as Stone bola weight fashioned into sinker. White stone perforated top and bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-6994, described as Stone bola weight fashioned into sinker. White stone perforated top and bottom.

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