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Pickerel hook, serrated
Object Number 88-51-10/49974
Display Title Pickerel hook, serrated
Descriptions
Object Description Pickerel hook, serrated
Inventory Description Fishhook, antler, serrated edges, metal point lashed with sinew, 2 perforations
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Koyak River
Materials Antler, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 7.7 x 1.2 x 2.5 cm (3 1/16 x 1/2 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/49974
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (ca 1880)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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