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Object Number 88-51-10/49987
Display Title Fish gig
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory and bone fishook, pointed with multiple ivory spikes
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Date 1880-1889
Culture
  • Askinakmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Southwest; Askenak
Materials Bone, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 14.8 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm (5 13/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49987 & (37414)
Provenance
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)
Collector Edward William Nelson

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