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Object Number
976-60-10/57755
Display Title
Bone fish-shaped sinker (?) with eyeholes drilled in top.
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone fish-shaped sinker (?) with eyeholes drilled in top. 9.0 cm. l. x 2 cm. dia.
Inventory Description
Sinker, carved ivory, fish form with punctate eyes
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
North America / United States / Alaska?
North America / United States / Alaska?
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 9.3 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm (3 11/16 x 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
976-60-10/57755
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Anonymous
(December 1976)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50215 | Ivory sinker in form of fish |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50254 | Sinker for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50257 | Sinkers for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50125 | Ivory sinker in form of fish |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50325 | Ivory sinker for fishline |
Sinker
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52054 | Ivory sinkers |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50318 | Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook |
Sinker
|
Diomede Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50255 | Sinker for fish line, stone |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 33-32-70/133 | Fish line and sinker |
Sinker
|
Oceania
| |
| 98-18-10/52055 | Stone sinkers |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52053 | Stone sinker |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 04-28-10/63536 | Ivory sinker and whalebone leader |
Sinker
|
Alaska
|