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Object Number 98-18-10/52066
Display Title Fish jig and ivory sinker
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked ivory, teardrop-shape, chipped, perforated, leather/sinew tied to one e
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 11.2 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (4 7/16 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52066 & 91
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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