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Object Number 17-17-10/87209
Display Title Hooked stick for raising flounder lines
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hooked stick, peg attached to end of wood staff with fiber
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Dimensions Overall: 139.5 x 9.7 x 2.1 cm (54 15/16 x 3 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-17-10/87209
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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