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Fish hook
Object Number 07-8-10/75278
Display Title Fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fish hook, stone body with punctate, metal hook with red cloth, metal wire
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Flaxman Island
Materials Stone, Metal, Fabric, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 2 x 1.2 cm (5 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75278
Provenance
Expedition Anglo-American Polar Expedition (1907)
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)

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