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fishing-line-winder(?)

Object Type
Museum number: Am1855,1220.199.a
Description: Fishing tackle, part of fishing line winder (?) shaft carved from wood with a carved ivory (walrus?) two-prong 'fork' inserted to the end of the shaft and bound to it with sinew.
Production ethnic group: Made by: Siberian Yupik (?); Made by: Eskimo-Aleut
Findspot: Found/Acquired: St Lawrence Island
Materials: wood; walrus ivory
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 65.50 centimetres; Width: 1.20 centimetres (of ivory)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Haslar Hospital; Donated by: Lords of Admiralty
Acquisition date: 1855
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am1855,1220.199.a