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Sinker for fish line, stone
Sinker for fish line, stone
Object Number 88-51-10/50255
Display Title Sinker for fish line, stone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sinkers, ground stone, 2 perforations each, 1 with rawhide cord
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, Hide, Rawhide
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm (4 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 50255 & [45265] & [45257] & 45272\CNome\Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1880)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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