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Burbot hook
Object Number 04-28-10/63535
Display Title Burbot hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved bone, perforated, fish shaped, iron nail hook, orange thread
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bering Sea; Lower Yukon River
Materials Bone, Iron, Thread
Dimensions Overall: 12.6 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm (4 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63535
Provenance
Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Donor Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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