Fishing rod and line

Museum number:
2-2059
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Elongated wood rod, rawhide line, ivory fish shaped lure with incised facial features. Bird claw hook. Animal tail lure also attached to line.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
For fishing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 64 centimeters
Loans:
S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-2059, described as Elongated wood rod, rawhide line, ivory fish shaped lure with incised facial features. Bird claw hook. Animal tail lure also attached to line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-2059, described as Elongated wood rod, rawhide line, ivory fish shaped lure with incised facial features. Bird claw hook. Animal tail lure also attached to line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-2059, described as Elongated wood rod, rawhide line, ivory fish shaped lure with incised facial features. Bird claw hook. Animal tail lure also attached to line.

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