Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-48492
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Alternate number:
2-500b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Fish shaped carved ivory with fine metal hook on underside, 2 ply sinew cord attached to perforation in tail.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Fishing lure. Formerly tied with 2-500.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-48492, described as Fish shaped carved ivory with fine metal hook on underside, 2 ply sinew cord attached to perforation in tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-48492, described as Fish shaped carved ivory with fine metal hook on underside, 2 ply sinew cord attached to perforation in tail.

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