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Object Number
88-51-10/50215
Display Title
Ivory sinker in form of fish
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sinker, carved ivory, fish form, perforated, metal stud eyes, burnt top
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Ivory, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 14.9 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm (5 7/8 x 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50215 & [33229]\Norton Sd. Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sinker
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Canada
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Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50254 | Sinker 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 |
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|
Alaska
| |
| 973-33-10/51998 | Ivory sinker and fishook. Ivory eyes inlaid with dark shell pupil. |
Fishhook
Raw Material |
North America
| |
| 88-51-10/50318 | Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook |
Sinker
|
Diomede Island
| |
| 33-32-70/133 | Fish line and sinker |
Sinker
|
Oceania
| |
| 98-18-10/52066 | Fish jig and ivory sinker |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
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