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Object Number 99-12-10/53131
Display Title Bone leader for fishing rod
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishing leader, bone, carved perforation, 2 tines
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yupik
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska, Western
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 2 x 0.3 cm (3 7/8 x 13/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53131
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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