Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-2029
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Fish-shaped bone carving with broken iron hook, 2 perforations at tail.
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
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Used for fishing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2029, described as Fish-shaped bone carving with broken iron hook, 2 perforations at tail.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2029, described as Fish-shaped bone carving with broken iron hook, 2 perforations at tail.

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