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Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/260 , retrieved 1-13-2020: Fish lure with a shank made from antler and an iron hook. The shank has a pair of drilled holes at its narrow end for attaching to a fishing line. The edges of the shank are serrated, a feature that helped in tying a piece of fish skin bait or a weight to the lure, and split glass beads have been set into shallow holes drilled into the face and edges. This may have been one of a set of three lures. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/21: Fishing tackle was used for catching fish in rivers and streams during the open water season, and for jigging through holes chiseled through ice in winter and spring. Fishing tackle in the MacFarlane Collection includes fishing rods (iqaluksiun) with lines (ipiutaq) made from baleen, and bone and antler lures (niksik) with iron hooks. Less commonly, fishhooks were made from wood.