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Fish Hook, possibly for Salmon

Fish Hook, possibly for Salmon

1998.19.0275

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Fish Hook, possibly for Salmon (1998.19.0275)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Materials T&E : Fishing & Trapping T&E : Fishing Equipment
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	America, North : Greenland, United States ; Alaska?
Period/Date	1913 - 1914
Culture	Native American: Arctic: Inuit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length)	22.8 cm
Dimension 2 (Height)	3.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth)	0.8 cm
Weight	9 g
Measuring Remarks	L: 5cm. --MNH Remarks/Description Field
Materials	Animal--Tooth--Ivory, Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales
Manufacturing Processes	Carved, Drilling, Tanning
Munsell Color Information	Yellowish White (7.5Y 9/2) -Hook. Grayish Yellowish Brown (10YR 4/2) -Leather thong.

Research Remarks

Published Description	N/A
Description	N/A
Comparanda	N/A
Bibliography	Crocker Land Expedition to the North Polar Regions Under the Auspices of the American Museum of Natural History and the American Geographical Society with the co-operation of the University of Illinois, 1913-1915, pp. 3-19 Crocker Land Expedition to the North Polar Regions, Statement to the Contributors, pp. 2-10 "MacMillan Forced to Spend Winter at Etah, New York Tribune, Sept. 16, 1913 Donald MacMillan and the Crocker Land Expedition: An Ethnohistoric Account, Honrs Thesis for Department of Antrhopology and Sociology by Edmund Quincy Sewall Searles, Bowdoin College, 1989 American Museum of Natural History Contract for the Crocker Land Expedition, July 1, 1913. Anonymous. MacMillan bequest 1987. "Crocker Land Party Safe." The American Museum Journal 17: 356. 1917 Green, Fitzhugh. 1914. Diaries from the Crocker Land Expedition. MacMillan Collection: No. 25. Special Collections Bowdoin College Library. "The Crocker Land Expedition." Natural History 28: 463-475. 1928. Green, Fitzhugh. Hovey, Edmund Otis. 1912. "In Search of Crocker Land." The American Museum Journal 12: 83-88 Hovey, Edmund Otis. 1912. "The Reorganized Crocker Land Expedition." The American Museum Journal 12: 309. Hovey, Edmund Otis. 1913. "Members of the Crocker Land Expedition." The American Museum Journal 13: 179-182. MacMillan, Donald. 1913-1917. Journals from the Crocker Land Expedition. MacMillan Collection Nos. 16-22. Special Collections Bowdoin College Library. MacMillan, Donald. 1914. Letter to Mr. Brainard, August 25, 1914. macMillan Collection Correspondence. Special Collections Bowdoin College Library. MacMillan, Donald. 1917. Ethnographic Notes from the Crocker Land Expedition. MacMillan Collection No. 56. Special Collections Bowdoin College Library. Peary, Robert E. 1912. "The Crocker Land Expedition." The American Museum Journal 12: 159-163.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data	N/A
Credit Line/Dedication	Crocker Land Expedition, Museum of Natural History, UIUC
Reproduction	No
Reproduction Information	N/A

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