Fishhook

Museum number:
2-29378
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Fish hook. Compound ivory fish hook with 4 curved iron points. For tomcod.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Wainwright, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Wainwright
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishhooks
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-29378, described as Fish hook. Compound ivory fish hook with 4 curved iron points. For tomcod.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-29378, described as Fish hook. Compound ivory fish hook with 4 curved iron points. For tomcod.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-29378, described as Fish hook. Compound ivory fish hook with 4 curved iron points. For tomcod.

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