Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-48421
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Rod with 3 hooks, wood shuttle-shaped ron notched at both ends, sinew line, baleen leader. 3 Hooks with iron point, deerhorn shank.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing tackle
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably for catching small whitefish and losh
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
50.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-48421, described as Rod with 3 hooks, wood shuttle-shaped ron notched at both ends, sinew line, baleen leader. 3 Hooks with iron point, deerhorn shank.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-48421, described as Rod with 3 hooks, wood shuttle-shaped ron notched at both ends, sinew line, baleen leader. 3 Hooks with iron point, deerhorn shank.

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