Sinker (fishing)
- Museum number:
- 2-38448
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020038448
- Alternate number:
- 8 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.1919
- Description:
- Ivory and bone. Elongated and drilled on both ends, stylized elements engraved on ivory.
- Donor:
- Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
- Collection date:
- August 1964
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Sinkers (fishing)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1964
- Context of use:
- Probably fishing equipment-- esp. a weight or part of a lure. Possibly made for sale.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 17.8 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-