Fishhook

42439

From: Alaska | Sinera | Point Barrow Region

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Kak-A-Rok-Si
Object Number 42439
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Sinera | Point Barrow Region
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone | Sinew
Description

For L. Masculosa only. Baited. Of two pieces of bone, beveled and lashed together at an angle by sinew. Eye in shank. Short sinew which held bait.

Length 16.51 cm
Width 8.26 cm
Credit Line E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899
Other Number 1189 - Field No SF

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