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Used as a fishing bait for trolling.

According to the old Museum ledger, Ian M. Mackinnon presented Frank Burnett with this collection of Inuit objects. They were collected during his three years of residence in the Coppermine River area, probably 1921-24.

A fish-shaped wood piece. There are two holes near the tail end, three circular depressions along the middle of each side, five circular depressions along the bottom, one hole above the head below which there is one circular depression on each side.