Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-932
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Large bone fish lure. Fish shaped with bifurcated tail, perforation near tail, blue bead eyes. Incised circle and dot motif on underside, curved iron hook.
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
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-932, described as Large bone fish lure. Fish shaped with bifurcated tail, perforation near tail, blue bead eyes. Incised circle and dot motif on underside, curved iron hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-932, described as Large bone fish lure. Fish shaped with bifurcated tail, perforation near tail, blue bead eyes. Incised circle and dot motif on underside, curved iron hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-932, described as Large bone fish lure. Fish shaped with bifurcated tail, perforation near tail, blue bead eyes. Incised circle and dot motif on underside, curved iron hook.

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