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Halibut hook
Object Number 57-33-10/35617
Display Title Halibut hook
Descriptions
Object Description Halibut hook; v-shaped hook, made from 2 pieces of wood bound with vegetal fiber. Hook is metal, although earlier ones may have used bone.
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved wood, anthropomorphic figure, lashed with bark, metal nail hook
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Wrangell-Petersburg? / Wrangell
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 28.4 x 11.2 x 4.1 cm (11 3/16 x 4 7/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 57-33-10/35617
Provenance
Collector Dr. Loring T. Swaim (1900)
Donor Dr. Loring T. Swaim (June 24, 1957)

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