Lure

A1566

From: Siberia | Limpiisk Tundra

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number A1566
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tungus
Provenience Siberia | Limpiisk Tundra
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Description

Fish shaped with a blue glass bead as an eye. Made of bone. Plant fiber cord attached through top. In Tungus, uldo or ilbivium, "fish lure". In Yakut kolare, "fish".

Length 7.3 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Siberian Expedition, Henry Usher Hall, 1916

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