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| Accession no.: |
N: 22 |
| Object name: |
Reel, line, hook |
| Title: |
Reel, line, hook |
| Description: |
Reel, line, and hook for cod fishing. Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), before 1933. Reel consists of a central wooden handle. Two wood cross-bars with upturned ends are inserted into holes in handle and secured with wood wedges and metal nails. Line of twisted rope is wound around cross-bars. Three barbed metal hooks are tied together with wrapping of metal wire. Ends of hooks are inserted into hole in head of fish-shaped stone sinker. Twisted string is threaded through hole in tail end of sinker and through loop at end of line. |
| Classified name: |
| Cultural affiliation |
Kalaallit (Greenland Eskimo; Greenland Inuit)
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| Geographic area |
Denmark > Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
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| Getty AAT |
Fishing lines
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| Field collection: |
| Place |
Denmark > Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
reel:
sinker:
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| Dimensions: |
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reel:
Width: 262mm, length: 382mm, depth: 43mm
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sinker:
Width: 64mm, length: 225mm
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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