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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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