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Object Number
88-51-10/50318
Display Title
Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook
Descriptions
Object Description
Fishing tackle: 2 sinkers and 1 fish hook
Inventory Description
Sinkers, ground stone, perforated, 1 w/ metal hook, pieces of sinew line attache
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bering Strait Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Diomede Island
Materials
Stone, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 10.2 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm (4 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
50318 & [43925] & 44507 & Diomede I / Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-10-10/98277 | Fishing tackle (pole, line, sinker and hook) |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52063 | Fishing tackle, wood reel, knotted baleen line, bone/metal hooks, carved ivory s |
Tackle
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50251 | Fishing tackle |
Tackle
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/49978 | Fishing tackle |
Tackle
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50257 | Sinkers for fish line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 25-49-60/D2514.2 | Fishing tackle |
Fishhook
|
Sakhalin Island
| |
| 25-49-60/D2514.1 | Fishing tackle |
Fishhook
|
Sakhalin Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50256 | Stone sinker for fishing line |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 04-19-70/63244 | Fishing tackle |
Tackle
|
Borneo
Borneo | |
| 06-5-10/66935.1 | Sinkers, ground stone, perforated center, 1 oval, 1 round & grooved, highly worn |
Sinker
|
California
| |
| 88-51-10/50252 | Fishing tackle complete |
Tackle
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52054 | Ivory sinkers |
Sinker
|
Nome Census Area
|