Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-4440
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-586 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Red stained wood shuttle-shaped rod, sinew line, black stone lure with metal hook.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Ivory (material) and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing tackle
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Fishing gear for tundra (black fish).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 48.6 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #362.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4440, described as Red stained wood shuttle-shaped rod, sinew line, black stone lure with metal hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4440, described as Red stained wood shuttle-shaped rod, sinew line, black stone lure with metal hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4440, described as Red stained wood shuttle-shaped rod, sinew line, black stone lure with metal hook.

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