Fishing lure

Museum number:
2-4475
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004475
Alternate number:
X-621 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Fish shaped carved bone, 2 grooves at center, 2 perforations at one end. Curved iron hook.
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)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Said to be for losh. Originally tied together with 2-4473-74.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11.4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4475, described as Fish shaped carved bone, 2 grooves at center, 2 perforations at one end. Curved iron hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4475, described as Fish shaped carved bone, 2 grooves at center, 2 perforations at one end. Curved iron hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing lure, accession number 2-4475, described as Fish shaped carved bone, 2 grooves at center, 2 perforations at one end. Curved iron hook.

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