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Cod jig
Object Number 88-51-10/50259
Display Title Cod jig
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishook, ivory, oval with perforated shaft, 4 spikes near top, wood peg
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Fishhook
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, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm (4 11/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50259
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1879)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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