Fishing lure
- Museum number:
- 2-4488
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020004488
- Alternate number:
- x-634 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Cylindrical ivory with curved metal hook, 2 ply cotton cordage attached.
- 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:
- Cotton (textile) and Metal
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Lures
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- for ice fishing; or (later) for sale
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 3.3 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
- Legacy documentation:
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