Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-4457
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-603 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Large whalebone sinker and compound ivory hook. Bone remnant of guide, shuttle shaped rod (wood) with baleen line. Compound ivory hook has 4 iron points.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Lawrence Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Lawrence Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Baleen, Iron (metal), and Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing tackle
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for rod fishing .
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
25 inches, 6 centimeters, 5.8 centimeters, and 56.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson, Pl. LXVIII#9, LXIX #28 and 31.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4457, described as Large whalebone sinker and compound ivory hook. Bone remnant of guide, shuttle shaped rod (wood) with baleen line. Compound ivory hook has 4 iron points.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4457, described as Large whalebone sinker and compound ivory hook. Bone remnant of guide, shuttle shaped rod (wood) with baleen line. Compound ivory hook has 4 iron points.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4457, described as Large whalebone sinker and compound ivory hook. Bone remnant of guide, shuttle shaped rod (wood) with baleen line. Compound ivory hook has 4 iron points.

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