Fish-shaped fish lure of ivory, with inlaid eyes, 2 short bead strings and baleen at each end. [MJD 14/05/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fish-shaped fish lure of ivory, with inlaid eyes, 2 short bead strings and baleen at each end. [MJD 14/05/2009]
Long description: Fish-shaped fish lure of ivory, with inlaid eyes, 2 short bead strings and baleen at each end. The baleen is attached to holes at the tail end and head end of the ivory. The sinew line of beads and pieces of ?crab shell or ?auk beak are tied to the baleen line at the mouth end. There is an inlaid dot on the underside. The ivory is stained on the top. [MJD 14/05/2009]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Alaska Bering Straits
Cultural groups: Inuit (Greenland); Inuit
Person: Field collector F. Sleep; PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1924
Date collected: By 1924
Acquisition information: Donated: 1954
Materials and processes: Material Walrus Ivory Tooth Animal, Material Baleen Whale Animal, Material Bead, Material Animal Sinew, Material Crustacean-Shell Animal, Material Bird Beak, Process Carved, Process Inlaid, Process Perforated, Process Strung, Process Stained, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width: max 163 mm, Length: max 79 mm ivory, Length: max 132 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1954.9.128 Other numbers: Beasley no. 27.7.24

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