Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-9402
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020009402
Alternate number:
429 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Two fish hooks, with line and sinker, wound on stick. Oblong hickory rod , sinew line with several white glass beads, 2 bone lures, 1 with 4 metal hooks, 1 with hooks missing.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Yukon; Herschel Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing tackle
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
May 1909
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters and length 42.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-9402, described as Two fish hooks, with line and sinker, wound on stick. Oblong hickory rod , sinew line with several white glass beads, 2 bone lures, 1 with 4 metal hooks, 1 with hooks missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-9402, described as Two fish hooks, with line and sinker, wound on stick. Oblong hickory rod , sinew line with several white glass beads, 2 bone lures, 1 with 4 metal hooks, 1 with hooks missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-9402, described as Two fish hooks, with line and sinker, wound on stick. Oblong hickory rod , sinew line with several white glass beads, 2 bone lures, 1 with 4 metal hooks, 1 with hooks missing.

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