Stick

Fishhook

2003-43-215

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-215
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Twine | Iron | Lead
Technique Forged
Description

Short fishing stick consisting of small twig, crooked at center and notched at narrow end; a long vegetable fiber line is wrapped around the thicker end of the stick; an iron hook embedded in a bullet-shaped lead sinker is attached to the end of the line via a piece of coiled metal wire

Length 22.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.215 - Other Number | 359/52 - Other Number | 199 (Civic Center, 1957) - Other Number

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