Fishing rod and line

Museum number:
2-4438
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004438
Alternate number:
x-584 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Also lures. Wood shuttle shaped rod, sinew line, 2 fish-shaped ivory lures, each with single 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), Ivory (material), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Fishing gear for tundra black fish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 50.3 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #362.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-4438, described as Also lures. Wood shuttle shaped rod, sinew line, 2 fish-shaped ivory lures, each with single hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-4438, described as Also lures. Wood shuttle shaped rod, sinew line, 2 fish-shaped ivory lures, each with single hook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishing rod and line, accession number 2-4438, described as Also lures. Wood shuttle shaped rod, sinew line, 2 fish-shaped ivory lures, each with single hook.

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