Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-7530
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Fishing tackle with 2 copper hooks.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Copper (metal) and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishing tackle
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
stick— length 53.5 centimeters and length 97.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21004. Remarks: See: Notes on Koniag Material Culture, R.F. Heizer; Anthro Papers, Univ. Alaska. vol. I, no. 1, pp. 11-24 (p. 23, pl. i). Damaged on "Man the inventor" exhibit loan 564-65 #72, Heard Museum.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), and S2000-2001 #3: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (August 15, 2000–October 31, 2004)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-7530, described as Fishing tackle with 2 copper hooks.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-7530, described as Fishing tackle with 2 copper hooks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-7530, described as Fishing tackle with 2 copper hooks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-7530, described as Fishing tackle with 2 copper hooks.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-7530, described as Fishing tackle with 2 copper hooks.

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