Rod and hook

Museum number:
2-48422
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wood shuttle shaped rod notched at both ends. Sinew line. Hook is iron barb attached to bone shank.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably for catching small whitefish and losh.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 49.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rod and hook, accession number 2-48422, described as Wood shuttle shaped rod notched at both ends. Sinew line. Hook is iron barb attached to bone shank.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rod and hook, accession number 2-48422, described as Wood shuttle shaped rod notched at both ends. Sinew line. Hook is iron barb attached to bone shank.

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