Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-4492
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Alternate number:
x-638 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Fish lure. Fish carved of walrus ivory with hook of steel nail extending underneath. Single perforation at tail.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for rod fishing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4492, described as Fish lure. Fish carved of walrus ivory with hook of steel nail extending underneath. Single perforation at tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4492, described as Fish lure. Fish carved of walrus ivory with hook of steel nail extending underneath. Single perforation at tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4492, described as Fish lure. Fish carved of walrus ivory with hook of steel nail extending underneath. Single perforation at tail.

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