Lure
50-51-26
From: United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 50-51-26 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Fossil mammoth ivory (?) Fish-shaped. Twin finlike projections which serve as hooks near tail. Three holes on both upper and under-sides of head. Hole in middle. Hole on side right beneath fins. Hole in tail. |
| Height | 2.3 cm |
| Length | 13.1 cm |
| Width | 3.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Bering Strait Expedition, F. G. Rainey, 1950 |
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