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Object Number
88-51-10/50253
Display Title
Stone sinker for fishing line
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Sinker, ground stone, grooved and perforated
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Ayaasariarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms
Cape Nome
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 9.1 x 2.9 x 1.6 cm (3 9/16 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50253 & 45266 / C Nome / Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1876)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50256 | Stone sinker for fishing line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50318 | Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook |
Sinker
|
Diomede Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50254 | Sinker for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50257 | Sinkers for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50255 | Sinker for fish line, stone |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 33-32-70/133 | Fish line and sinker |
Sinker
|
Oceania
| |
| 94-57-10/R66 | Stone sinker with "jigger" attached. White & black banded stone, sinew, baleen. |
Sinker
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 06-5-10/66935.1 | Sinkers, ground stone, perforated center, 1 oval, 1 round & grooved, highly worn |
Sinker
|
California
| |
| 09-27-30/75019 | Fishing line, sinker, and "hook" used with bait for fishing |
Fishing and trapping
|
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego | |
| 94-57-10/R67 | Stone sinker with "jigger" attached. White & black banded stone. Ovaloid shape. |
Sinker
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 04-28-10/64037 | Perforated stone sinker |
Sinker
|
California
| |
| 04-28-10/64036 | Perforated stone sinker |
Sinker
|
California
|