Culture/People:

Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]  Search this

Previous owner:

Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933  Search this

Donor:

Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933  Search this

Object Name:

Fishing line sinker

Media/Materials:

Stone, ivory, sinew

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

King Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Archipelago:

Bering Sea Islands

Island Name:

King Island

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank H. Wood (1851-1933), a collector and curator of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in New Bedford, Massachusetts; donated to MAI by Frank Wood in 1917.

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Catalog Number:

5/9243

Barcode:

059243.000

See related items:

Bering Strait Iñupiaq [King Island]

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a83b6064-2add-4c25-89c9-5238e3d8696e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_63882