Fishing lure and sinker

Museum number:
2-13400
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
209 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Ivory and metal fish lure, flat stone sinker attached with quill (?). Lure is pink stained ivory with 2 copper hooks, section of auklet bill and blue bead attached behind on quill line, which is attached to oblong grey and black banded stone sinker.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Aethia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures and Sinkers (fishing)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5 centimeters and length 8.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and sinker, accession number 2-13400, described as Ivory and metal fish lure, flat stone sinker attached with quill (?). Lure is pink stained ivory with 2 copper hooks, section of auklet bill and blue bead attached behind on quill line, which is attached to oblong grey and black banded stone sinker.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and sinker, accession number 2-13400, described as Ivory and metal fish lure, flat stone sinker attached with quill (?). Lure is pink stained ivory with 2 copper hooks, section of auklet bill and blue bead attached behind on quill line, which is attached to oblong grey and black banded stone sinker.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure and sinker, accession number 2-13400, described as Ivory and metal fish lure, flat stone sinker attached with quill (?). Lure is pink stained ivory with 2 copper hooks, section of auklet bill and blue bead attached behind on quill line, which is attached to oblong grey and black banded stone sinker.

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