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Object Number 08-29-10/73724
Display Title Fish hooks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fish hooks, ivory with metal hooks, one inlaid with beads
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska, north
Dimensions Overall: 2.9 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm (1 1/8 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 73724
Provenance
Collector Dr. George P. Howe (1906-1907)
Donor Dr. George P. Howe (1908)

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