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Object Number
88-51-10/50366
Display Title
Mesh weight
Descriptions
Object Description
Mesh weight
Inventory Description
Ivory net weight, ovaly perforated weight attached w/ string to perforated clip
Classification
- Raw Material
- Net
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Utqiaguigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Ivory, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 1.9 x 1 cm (3 15/16 x 3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50366; 89444; (899); Point Barrow 1883/P.H. Ray, ##A
Provenance
Collector
Lt. P. H. Ray
(1883)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50365 | Mesh weight or fishing lure |
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|
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| |
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Raw Material
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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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| |
| 2002.1.1807 | Carved bone lump (bola weight?), perforated, with portion of leather thong |
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|
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| |
|
Image Not Available
for Fishing net
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Net
|
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| |
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Hook
|
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