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Object Number
88-51-10/50257
Display Title
Sinkers for fish line
Descriptions
Object Description
Sinkers for fish line
Inventory Description
Sinkers, ground stone and carved ivory attached with metal studs, 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, Ivory, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 3 x 1.8 cm (4 1/4 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50257 & [45253] & 45262 & C Nome / Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1880)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98-18-10/52054 | Ivory sinkers |
Sinker
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Nome Census Area
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| 88-51-10/50318 | Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook |
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|
Diomede Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50254 | Sinker for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52055 | Stone sinkers |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50215 | Ivory sinker in form of fish |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50255 | Sinker for fish line, stone |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 06-5-10/66935.1 | Sinkers, ground stone, perforated center, 1 oval, 1 round & grooved, highly worn |
Sinker
|
California
| |
| 29-26-10/98386 | Stone sinkers |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 15-36-10/86457 | Stone sinkers used with large nets set in lakes. |
Sinker
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British Columbia
| |
| 27-5-70/D2943.1 | Net sinkers |
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|
Hawaii
| |
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| 27-5-70/D2943.9 | Net sinkers |
Sinker
|
Hawaii
| |
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| 27-5-70/D2943.8 | Net sinkers |
Sinker
|
Hawaii
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