fishing rod

ARCTIC & ANTARCTIC ITEMS
USA, AK
wood
Overall: 19 3/4 x 3/4 x 1/2 in.

Fishing rod; wood, with carved slit at each end; small hole drilled at one end, possibly to hold line and sinker [both missing]; white paper label reads "Old fish rod, Eskimo, Arctic Alaska. Wood with whale bone line and walrus ivory sinker, used for tom cod fishing....".


1995.123

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