Bundle Of Fish-Hooks
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "IN A PINCUSHION. ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. LXIX-30; P. 178."
label: Notes
content: Photo and description in Fienup-Riordan, Ann. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput, The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival. Seattle: University Of Washington Press, p. 274. Qerrlurcat Burbot hooks. Burbot hooks from the lower Yukon River. Frank Andrew [from Kwigillingok] explained: "These have little, sharp points, shaped like small gaff hooks used for hunting burbot. They had lead lines with baited hooks like these which were set below ice, held in place with a stick across the hole, and checked later."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38816-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook