Collections Only

Gilcrease Museum is temporarily closed for construction.

Get the Full Story
Ivory sinker
Arctic, Inuit
Ivory sinker
Arctic, Inuit
  1. Collections Home
  2. The Anthropology Collection

Ivory sinker / Arctic, Inuit

Previous Next Download Add Order Contact

Essay/Description

Fossil ivory net sinker.

The Inuit would typically fish for Arctic char, trout, and cod.

You may be interested in...

©Gilcrease Museum
Title(s): 
Ivory sinker
Culture: 
Arctic, Inuit
Date: 
1800s
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska
Materials/Techniques: 
Ivory
Classification: 
Archaeological Objects
Object Type: 
Ivory Sinker
Accession No: 
83.1763
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
Not On View

Our Online Collections site is a work in progress. If you have information about this item that may be of assistance, please contact us.