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Stone sinker for fishing line
Stone sinker for fishing line
Object Number 88-51-10/50256
Display Title Stone sinker for fishing line
Descriptions
Object Description Stone sinker for fishing line
Inventory Description Sinker, ground stone, perforated, portiion of rawhide/sinew line attached
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, Rawhide, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 7.3 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm (2 7/8 x 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50256 & 44479 / C Nome / Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1880)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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