Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-5701
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005701
Alternate number:
KM/15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.15
Description:
Shuttle shaped wood rod, walrus ivory fish shaped weight with inlaid bead eyes, bone fish shaped lure with iron hook. Baleen and birdquill line.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing tackle
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
September 1901
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
51.7 centimeters, 6.6 centimeters, and 7.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-5701, described as Shuttle shaped wood rod, walrus ivory fish shaped weight with inlaid bead eyes, bone fish shaped lure with iron hook. Baleen and birdquill line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-5701, described as Shuttle shaped wood rod, walrus ivory fish shaped weight with inlaid bead eyes, bone fish shaped lure with iron hook. Baleen and birdquill line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-5701, described as Shuttle shaped wood rod, walrus ivory fish shaped weight with inlaid bead eyes, bone fish shaped lure with iron hook. Baleen and birdquill line.

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