Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-2967
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Alternate number:
35 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.26
Description:
Soft green stone and ivory lashed toggle with plaited sinew. Grooves in stone, iron hook. Leader of plaited sinew.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaskan Interior, Unknown Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Alaskan Interior
Culture or time period:
Nunatagmiut Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
ca. 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
Fish lure
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2967, described as Soft green stone and ivory lashed toggle with plaited sinew. Grooves in stone, iron hook. Leader of plaited sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2967, described as Soft green stone and ivory lashed toggle with plaited sinew. Grooves in stone, iron hook. Leader of plaited sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2967, described as Soft green stone and ivory lashed toggle with plaited sinew. Grooves in stone, iron hook. Leader of plaited sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-2967, described as Soft green stone and ivory lashed toggle with plaited sinew. Grooves in stone, iron hook. Leader of plaited sinew.

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