Fishing weight

Museum number:
2-29376
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Oblong re-fashioned bola stone with lead in center and perforation at each end. Walrus ivory.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Wainwright, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Wainwright
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bolas (projectile weapons)
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 4.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing weight, accession number 2-29376, described as Oblong re-fashioned bola stone with lead in center and perforation at each end. Walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing weight, accession number 2-29376, described as Oblong re-fashioned bola stone with lead in center and perforation at each end. Walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing weight, accession number 2-29376, described as Oblong re-fashioned bola stone with lead in center and perforation at each end. Walrus ivory.

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