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Object Number
48-6-10/29186
Display Title
Trout spear jigger - bone and copper, with line of sinew and bear tooth bait
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishhook, carve bone shaft, perforated, w/ 2 curved copper hooks, sinew, fiber
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms
Coronation Gulf
Materials
Bone, Sinew, Copper
Dimensions
Overall: 25.3 x 9.5 x 2.1 cm (9 15/16 x 3 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
48-6-10/29186
Provenance
Provenance
James E. F. Wight
(1916)
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