Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-4483
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-629 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Front and back walrus ivory, central section red stone held together with sinew. Remnant hook in front, remnant baleen (?) leader at back.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
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 fishing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: 24483,c re-cat. to 2-48421-22.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4483, described as Front and back walrus ivory, central section red stone held together with sinew. Remnant hook in front, remnant baleen (?) leader at back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4483, described as Front and back walrus ivory, central section red stone held together with sinew. Remnant hook in front, remnant baleen (?) leader at back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4483, described as Front and back walrus ivory, central section red stone held together with sinew. Remnant hook in front, remnant baleen (?) leader at back.

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