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Object Number 99-11-10/52384
Display Title Bone leader for fishing line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishing leader, carved ivory, 3 perforations, 1 end pointed, other end squared/2
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 13.3 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm (5 1/4 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52384 & 2/L/697
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1899)

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