Sinker (fishing)

Museum number:
2-9186
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020009186
Accession number:
Acc.0
Description:
Mammoth tooth partially perforated at each end, possibly used as a sinker.
Donor:
unknown
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Mammoth ivory
Taxon:
Mammuthus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sinkers (fishing)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
unknown
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-9186, described as Mammoth tooth partially perforated at each end, possibly used as a sinker.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-9186, described as Mammoth tooth partially perforated at each end, possibly used as a sinker.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-9186, described as Mammoth tooth partially perforated at each end, possibly used as a sinker.

Tools