Fish Hook (Jig) in the Shape of a Minnow or Arctic Char

possibly Yup'ik
Western Arctic
Arctic

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not dated

Ivory, beads, red cloth and metal

Overall: 1 3/8 × 4 7/16 × 13/16 in. (3.5 × 11.2 × 2.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Evelyn Stefansson Nef

2014.17.17

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Provenance

Evelyn Stefansson Nef (1913-2009); bequeathed to present collection, 2009; catalogued 2014.

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