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Object Number
98-18-10/52054
Display Title
Ivory sinkers
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory sinkers
Inventory Description
Worked ivory, teardrop-shaped, perforated, two glass bead inlays
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Ivory, Bead
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 1.6 x 2.4 cm (3 3/4 x 5/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
52054
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50257 | Sinkers for fish line |
Sinker
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Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50318 | Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook |
Sinker
|
Diomede Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50325 | Ivory sinker for fishline |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52055 | Stone sinkers |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 06-5-10/66935.1 | Sinkers, ground stone, perforated center, 1 oval, 1 round & grooved, highly worn |
Sinker
|
California
| |
| 29-26-10/98386 | Stone sinkers |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50215 | Ivory sinker in form of fish |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 02-20-60/62074 | Lead net sinkers |
Sinker
|
Maldive Islands
| |
| 15-36-10/86457 | Stone sinkers used with large nets set in lakes. |
Sinker
|
British Columbia
| |
| 08-8-10/73013 | Ivory sinker |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 04-28-10/63536 | Ivory sinker and whalebone leader |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 27-5-70/D2943.9 | Net sinkers |
Sinker
|
Hawaii
|