Fishing tackle

Museum number:
2-4455
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-601 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Shuttle shaped wood rod, plaited sinew line, ivory lure with 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:
Baleen and Rawhide
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Fishing gear for losh.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.8 centimeters and length 55 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #359a.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4455, described as Shuttle shaped wood rod, plaited sinew line, ivory lure with curved iron hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4455, described as Shuttle shaped wood rod, plaited sinew line, ivory lure with curved iron hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing tackle, accession number 2-4455, described as Shuttle shaped wood rod, plaited sinew line, ivory lure with curved iron hook.

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