Hook and sinker

Museum number:
2-4524
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Alternate number:
x-670 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Large ivory sinker representing a fish. Attached to small fish. Fossil ivory lure with curved iron hook by bird quill.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Feather (material), Quill (spine material), and Rawhide
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for rod fishing
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 4.2 centimeters and length 9.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), and S1991-1992 #32: The Exploratorium (June 22, 1992–January 11, 1993)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook and sinker, accession number 2-4524, described as Large ivory sinker representing a fish. Attached to small fish. Fossil ivory lure with curved iron hook by bird quill.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook and sinker, accession number 2-4524, described as Large ivory sinker representing a fish. Attached to small fish. Fossil ivory lure with curved iron hook by bird quill.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook and sinker, accession number 2-4524, described as Large ivory sinker representing a fish. Attached to small fish. Fossil ivory lure with curved iron hook by bird quill.

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