Sinker
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Western Arctic
Arctic
Prehistoric
Bone
Overall: 4 1/8 × 1 3/16 in. (10.5 × 3 cm)
Overall: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Transferred from Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College
988.34.26947
Geography
Place Made: St. Lawrence Island, United States, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
Attached tag: "From St. Lawrence Island. Gift of Prof. E. S. Brown 1/23/62"
Provenance
Professor E. S. Brown; Special Collections, Baker Library, Dartmouth College, January 23, 1962; transferred to present collection, 1988.
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