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Object Number
88-51-10/50254
Display Title
Sinker for fish line
Descriptions
Object Description
Sinker for fish line
Inventory Description
Sinker, carved ivory and ground stone, lashed withsinew, perforated, wood plugs
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
Ivory, Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 13.3 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm (5 1/4 x 1 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50254 & 44584\C Nome
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1876)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50257 | Sinkers for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50215 | Ivory sinker in form of fish |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 33-32-70/133 | Fish line and sinker |
Sinker
|
Oceania
| |
| 976-60-10/57755 | Bone fish-shaped sinker (?) with eyeholes drilled in top. |
Sinker
|
Canada
Alaska? | |
| 88-51-10/50255 | Sinker for fish line, stone |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52054 | Ivory sinkers |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50256 | Stone sinker for fishing line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50125 | Ivory sinker in form of fish |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50325 | Ivory sinker for fishline |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50318 | Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook |
Sinker
|
Diomede Island
| |
| 41-29-10/23221 | Fish line sinker of ivory |
Utilized ivory
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 41-29-10/23222 | Fish line sinker of ivory |
Utilized ivory
|
St. Lawrence Island
|