Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-2965
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.26
Description:
Ivory with metal hook (refashioned nail). Hook has 2 perforations at tail end, inlaid lead (?) decorations including fish (?).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaskan Interior, Unknown Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Alaskan Interior
Culture or time period:
Nunatagmiut Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
ca. 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
For catching fish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.7 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "see Cushing's notebook.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #11: The Snow Museum (September 4, 1964–March 17, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2965, described as Ivory with metal hook (refashioned nail). Hook has 2 perforations at tail end, inlaid lead (?) decorations including fish (?).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2965, described as Ivory with metal hook (refashioned nail). Hook has 2 perforations at tail end, inlaid lead (?) decorations including fish (?).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2965, described as Ivory with metal hook (refashioned nail). Hook has 2 perforations at tail end, inlaid lead (?) decorations including fish (?).

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