Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-4463
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-609 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Fish hook with stone sinker, for cod. Black and white stone sinker attached by rawhide and sinew line to cod hook which has bone shank and 4 curved metal hooks.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Feather (material), Quill (spine material), Rawhide, and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing tackle
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for rod fishing small fish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.2 centimeters and length 5.6 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4463, described as Fish hook with stone sinker, for cod. Black and white stone sinker attached by rawhide and sinew line to cod hook which has bone shank and 4 curved metal hooks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4463, described as Fish hook with stone sinker, for cod. Black and white stone sinker attached by rawhide and sinew line to cod hook which has bone shank and 4 curved metal hooks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4463, described as Fish hook with stone sinker, for cod. Black and white stone sinker attached by rawhide and sinew line to cod hook which has bone shank and 4 curved metal hooks.

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