Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-4473
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
X-619 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Fish shaped ivory with several perforations, iron hook. Originally tied together with 2-4474-75.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For losh fishing
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #383. Remarks: originally tied tog. w/2-4474-75.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4473, described as Fish shaped ivory with several perforations, iron hook. Originally tied together with 2-4474-75.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4473, described as Fish shaped ivory with several perforations, iron hook. Originally tied together with 2-4474-75.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4473, described as Fish shaped ivory with several perforations, iron hook. Originally tied together with 2-4474-75.

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