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fishing line

human history
  • Description

    fishing line made from strips of whalebone, wound on wooden reel holder. Attributed to a deserted village around St Lawrence Island, Bering sea Alaska.

  • Place
  • Accession Date
    1887
  • Other Id

    12023 (ethnology)

    45726 (US National Museum)

  • Department
fishing line, 12023, 45726, Cultural Permissions Apply

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