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Object Number
88-51-10/50365
Display Title
Mesh weight or fishing lure
Descriptions
Object Description
Mesh weight or fishing lure
Inventory Description
Sinker, ivory, 1 piece carved fish form, attached w/ leather cord to ivory hook
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Ivory, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm (3 7/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50365 &[89440] & [854] & Ooglamie & P. H. Ray\U.S.A.
Provenance
Collector
Lt. P. H. Ray
(1882)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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