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Hook for fishing toggle
Object Number 48-6-10/29187
Display Title Hook for fishing toggle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, metal hook, carved bone head tied to sinew line and wood spool
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf
Materials Wood, Sinew, Metal, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 44.3 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm (17 7/16 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-6-10/29187
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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