Fishing rod and line

Museum number:
2-2058
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Shuttle shaped rod with broken off bone guide, oblong ivory weight. Ivory jig-lure with 4 curved iron points, baleen and birdquill line.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Tomcod fishing
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
19.5 centimeters, 8.5 centimeters, 5.5 centimeters, and 75.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-2058, described as Shuttle shaped rod with broken off bone guide, oblong ivory weight. Ivory jig-lure with 4 curved iron points, baleen and birdquill line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-2058, described as Shuttle shaped rod with broken off bone guide, oblong ivory weight. Ivory jig-lure with 4 curved iron points, baleen and birdquill line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-2058, described as Shuttle shaped rod with broken off bone guide, oblong ivory weight. Ivory jig-lure with 4 curved iron points, baleen and birdquill line.

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