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Fish hook of deer's bone and line of Apocynum. Bone incised composite hook.
Fish hook of deer's bone and line of Apocynum. Bone incised composite hook.
Object Number 15-36-10/86461
Display Title Fish hook of deer's bone and line of Apocynum. Bone incised composite hook.
Descriptions
Object Description Fish hook of deer's bone and line of Apocynum. Bone incised composite hook. The shank is notched and stained for ornament. Joining of bones wrapped with sinew. For large fish.
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved bone hook with bone barb, twisted fiber cordage attached
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone, Fiber
Quantity 1
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Collector James A. Teit (1915)
Seller James A. Teit

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