Fishing Line & Hooks
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1963
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: BROWN WOODEN SPOOL HAS NOTCHES AT BOTH ENDS FOR WRAPPING BALEEN FISHING LINES AROUND. THIN, LONG BONE PIECE IS ATTACHED TO SPOOL W/ RUBBER BANDS. IS PIERCED AT ONE END WHERE A BRAIDED SINEW STRING IS THREADED THROUGH. ABOUT 3 CM BELOW THIS HOLE ARE 4 HOLES, 1 PIERCED THROUGH EACH SIDE. METAL HOOK IS THREADED THROUGH EACH HOLE W/ BOTH POINTED ENDS CURVING UPWARD. THE SAME IS DONE W/ THE OTHER END.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Feb 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428043-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Line/Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 27.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3 cm