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Object Number
88-51-10/50125
Display Title
Ivory sinker in form of fish
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory sinker in form of fish
Inventory Description
Sinker, bone, carved, incised in form of fish, slightly blackened, eye perforat
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Yukon River
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 20.3 x 3.1 x 1.4 cm (8 x 1 1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50125 & [38278] & [4119]
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50215 | Ivory sinker in form of fish |
Sinker
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Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50325 | Ivory sinker for fishline |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 976-60-10/57755 | Bone fish-shaped sinker (?) with eyeholes drilled in top. |
Sinker
|
Canada
Alaska? | |
| 88-51-10/50254 | Sinker for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50257 | Sinkers for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52054 | Ivory sinkers |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 04-28-10/63536 | Ivory sinker and whalebone leader |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 08-8-10/73013 | Ivory sinker |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 33-32-70/133 | Fish line and sinker |
Sinker
|
Oceania
| |
| 98-18-10/52053 | Stone sinker |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50318 | Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook |
Sinker
|
Diomede Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50255 | Sinker for fish line, stone |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
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