Fishing lure and leader

Museum number:
2-9401
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
P 47 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Fish lure and leader. Metal point, ivory stem and whalebone/baleen leader perforated at tail.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
May 1909
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and leader, accession number 2-9401, described as Fish lure and leader. Metal point, ivory stem and whalebone/baleen leader perforated at tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and leader, accession number 2-9401, described as Fish lure and leader. Metal point, ivory stem and whalebone/baleen leader perforated at tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and leader, accession number 2-9401, described as Fish lure and leader. Metal point, ivory stem and whalebone/baleen leader perforated at tail.

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