Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-29377
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Fish shaped carved ivory, inlaid lead and copper. Perforation at tail. Could also be a sinker or fishing weight.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Wainwright, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Wainwright
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-29377, described as Fish shaped carved ivory, inlaid lead and copper. Perforation at tail. Could also be a sinker or fishing weight.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-29377, described as Fish shaped carved ivory, inlaid lead and copper. Perforation at tail. Could also be a sinker or fishing weight.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-29377, described as Fish shaped carved ivory, inlaid lead and copper. Perforation at tail. Could also be a sinker or fishing weight.

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