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Fish hook, very small
Object Number 88-51-10/50319
Display Title Fish hook, very small
Descriptions
Object Description Fish hook, very small
Inventory Description Fishhook, stone and ivory body, metal hook, sinew lashing
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bering Strait Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Diomede Island
Materials Stone, Ivory, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm (1 5/16 x 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50318, 63708
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1881)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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