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Object Number 17-17-10/87158
Display Title Bait needle, handle hard hack, baleen loop; k e ludayu
Descriptions
Indigenous Term K E ludayu
Object Description Bait needle, handle hard hack, baleen loop; k e ludayu
Inventory Description Bait needle, carved wood shaft, baleen loop, broken, lashed with sinew
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Dimensions Overall: 28.7 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm (11 5/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-17-10/87158
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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