Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-500
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-48492 (museum number (recataloged to), 2-500b recataloged)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Fossil" ivory or bone in shape of larvae with encircling grooves. 2 perforations at tail, bent copper hook underside. Carving probably archaeological. One is black the other is white.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Fish lure
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.4 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "numbered 2/28/08. White (ivory) spec. re-numbered to 2-48492 in 1972.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-500, described as Fossil" ivory or bone in shape of larvae with encircling grooves. 2 perforations at tail, bent copper hook underside. Carving probably archaeological. One is black the other is white.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-500, described as Fossil" ivory or bone in shape of larvae with encircling grooves. 2 perforations at tail, bent copper hook underside. Carving probably archaeological. One is black the other is white.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-500, described as Fossil" ivory or bone in shape of larvae with encircling grooves. 2 perforations at tail, bent copper hook underside. Carving probably archaeological. One is black the other is white.

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