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Object Number
88-51-10/50303
Display Title
Fishing tackle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishing jig, carved bone, 6 perforations, leather and sinew cords, 1 broken off
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Bone, Leather, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 10.7 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm (4 3/16 x 1 1/4 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50303 & [63513]
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1881)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tackle
|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
Nome Census Area
| |
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Tools
|
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| |
| 88-51-10/50252 | Fishing tackle complete |
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|
Nome Census Area
| |
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|
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| |
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|
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|
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| |
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|
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| |
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|
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Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
|