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1954.9.120

Iron fish hook fastened to plaited sinew line with an ivory toggle and wound round a piece of curved antler. [MJD 14/05/2009]

1954.9.120

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron fish hook fastened to plaited sinew line with an ivory toggle and wound round a piece of curved antler. [MJD 14/05/2009]
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Person
Field collector Church Missionary Society
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1932
Date collected
By 1932
Acquisition information
Donated: 1954
Materials and processes
Material Animal Sinew, Material Caribou Antler Deer Animal, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Iron Metal, Process Plaited, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Nailed, Process Tied
Dimensions
Width: max 92 mm, Length: max 245 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.9.120 Other numbers: Beasley no. 21.10.1932

Search terms: Fishing, Tool, Fishing Accessory, Hook, Winder, Line

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