Sinker (fishing)
- Museum number:
- 2-4493
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020004493
- Alternate number:
- x-639 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Modified bola stone with lead inlay, 2 perforations.
- 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:
- Lead (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Bolas (projectile weapons) and Sinkers (fishing)
- 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 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-