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Blubber hook
Object Number 88-51-10/50098
Display Title Blubber hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hook, carved ivory hook point, carved wood J-shaped handle, leather lashed
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Bethel Census Area / Nunivak Island
Materials Wood, Ivory, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 9.3 x 2.4 cm (11 7/16 x 3 11/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50098 & 16133 & 926\NUNIVAK. W.H. DALL
Credit Line Exchange, Smithsonian Institution, 1888
Provenance
Collector William Healey Dall (?)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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