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Burbot hook
Object Number 04-28-10/63534
Display Title Burbot hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory fishook, carved bait with metal hook, reed handle
Classification
  • Fishhook
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bering Sea; Lower Yukon River
Materials Ivory, Reed, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 20.3 x 1.4 x 3.4 cm (8 x 9/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63534
Provenance
Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Donor Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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