Hook and sinker

Museum number:
2-45397
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Accession number:
Acc.2831
Description:
Copper hook set in ivory attached by sinew to walrus ivory sinker with baleen (?) eyes. Sinker attached to rawhide leader.
Donor:
Mrs. Relzy Aikin and Relzy Aikin
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
ca. 1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #82: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (April 21, 1975–December 19, 1975)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook and sinker, accession number 2-45397, described as Copper hook set in ivory attached by sinew to walrus ivory sinker with baleen (?) eyes. Sinker attached to rawhide leader.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook and sinker, accession number 2-45397, described as Copper hook set in ivory attached by sinew to walrus ivory sinker with baleen (?) eyes. Sinker attached to rawhide leader.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook and sinker, accession number 2-45397, described as Copper hook set in ivory attached by sinew to walrus ivory sinker with baleen (?) eyes. Sinker attached to rawhide leader.

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