Fishing lure and sinker

Museum number:
2-62063
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3458
Description:
Oblong. Red stone body with ivory head attached with sinew thong. Head has baleen eyes above and below and blue glass seed beads and bits of sinew attached through hole in "nose". Sinew thong at back.
Donor:
Ralph E. Prince
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures and Sinkers (fishing)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
For catching fish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and sinker, accession number 2-62063, described as Oblong. Red stone body with ivory head attached with sinew thong. Head has baleen eyes above and below and blue glass seed beads and bits of sinew attached through hole in "nose". Sinew thong at back.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and sinker, accession number 2-62063, described as Oblong. Red stone body with ivory head attached with sinew thong. Head has baleen eyes above and below and blue glass seed beads and bits of sinew attached through hole in "nose". Sinew thong at back.

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