Fishhook
94-11-2
From: Alaska | Kotzebue
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 94-11-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kotzebue Sound Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | Kotzebue |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1991 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone | Baleen | Thread | Steel |
| Description | Bone fishhook in shape of fish with baleen trailer wrapped with waxed thread at two points. Steel nail inserted for hook. Steel nail inserted for eye. |
| Length | 22.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Jeffrey Steen in memory of Sheila Craig Steen, BA, MA, partial PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1994 |
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