Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-15627
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Alternate number:
2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Ivory shank. Iron nail for fishook. Central groove wrapped with baleen strip. 2 perforations at wide end.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Carleton H. Clark
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-15627, described as Ivory shank. Iron nail for fishook. Central groove wrapped with baleen strip. 2 perforations at wide end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-15627, described as Ivory shank. Iron nail for fishook. Central groove wrapped with baleen strip. 2 perforations at wide end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-15627, described as Ivory shank. Iron nail for fishook. Central groove wrapped with baleen strip. 2 perforations at wide end.

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