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Object Number 2004.24.20139
Display Title Seal Decoy, fish pole line and bait, Beluga or white whale lance
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Fishing
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Lance
  • Decoy
  • Bait
  • Seal
  • Pole
  • Line
  • Fish
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / Port Clarence
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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