Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-583
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Carved from fossil ivory. Fish shape carving with eyes of red and black beads, perforated at tail and on underside.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Lure for fishing, may be used as charm.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-583, described as Carved from fossil ivory. Fish shape carving with eyes of red and black beads, perforated at tail and on underside.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-583, described as Carved from fossil ivory. Fish shape carving with eyes of red and black beads, perforated at tail and on underside.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-583, described as Carved from fossil ivory. Fish shape carving with eyes of red and black beads, perforated at tail and on underside.

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