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| Accession no.: |
N: 1143b |
| Title: |
Hook, fish |
| Description: |
Hook, fish. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). Melville Peninsula ?, Nunavut, Canada, 1819-1823. |
| Classified name: |
| Current cultural affiliation |
Iglulingmiut
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| Former cultural affiliation |
Iglulik Eskimo
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| Current place name |
Canada > Nunavut > Melville Peninsula ?
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| Former place name |
Canada > Northwest Territories > Melville Peninsula ?
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| Getty AAT |
Fishhooks
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| Field collection: |
| Place |
Canada > Nunavut > Melville Peninsula ? |
| Date |
1819 |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
Shank is made from a roughly rectangular piece of dark brown musk ox horn ? with notched base, ridged upper surface and flat back. Upturned sharply-pointed polished antler ? hook is inserted into rectangular hole and projects 6 mm on back. Circular hole through centre.
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| Dimensions: |
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Width: 21mm, length: 80mm, depth: 60mm
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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