Net Stretcher-Sinker made of Side of Long Bone
Koyukon
Dene (Athabascan)
Subarctic
about 1962
Bone
Overall: 12 3/8 × 13/16 × 9/16 in. (31.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Professor Robert A. McKennan, Class of 1925
166.45.16178
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Provenance
Rosevelt John's abandoned cabin, Lake Minchumina, Alaska; collected by Professor Robert Addison McKennan [Dartmouth Class of 1925, 1903-1982), 1962; given to present collection, 1966.
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