Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-2033
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory, tapered, serrated edges on wider part. 2 perforations, curved iron hook. Sinew leader attached.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Northwest Bering Sea
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:
Probably for catching pickeral and whitefish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 8.8 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson Pl. LXVIII fig. 19 and 2-2013, 2037.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2033, described as Ivory, tapered, serrated edges on wider part. 2 perforations, curved iron hook. Sinew leader attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2033, described as Ivory, tapered, serrated edges on wider part. 2 perforations, curved iron hook. Sinew leader attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2033, described as Ivory, tapered, serrated edges on wider part. 2 perforations, curved iron hook. Sinew leader attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2033, described as Ivory, tapered, serrated edges on wider part. 2 perforations, curved iron hook. Sinew leader attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2033, described as Ivory, tapered, serrated edges on wider part. 2 perforations, curved iron hook. Sinew leader attached.

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