Fishhooks

Sinker

2003-43-209

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-209
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Metal | Thread
Technique Stamped | Bent
Description

Single piece of iron fitted into top of white metal spoon handle and bent back at each end to form two hooks; spoon handle with shell & scroll design is embedded in a rectangular lead sinker; small metal loop embedded into top of sinker.

Length 13 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.209 - Other Number | 178 (Civic Center, 1957) - Other Number | 331/43 (?) - Other Number

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