Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-2840
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Perforated tusk tip with circle and dot motif from which are suspended birdquill strips ending in sections of birds feet.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
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
Context of use:
Possibly for gulls.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2840, described as Perforated tusk tip with circle and dot motif from which are suspended birdquill strips ending in sections of birds feet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2840, described as Perforated tusk tip with circle and dot motif from which are suspended birdquill strips ending in sections of birds feet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2840, described as Perforated tusk tip with circle and dot motif from which are suspended birdquill strips ending in sections of birds feet.

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