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Halibut hook. Made with 2 kinds of wood.
Object Number 95-20-10/48388
Display Title Halibut hook. Made with 2 kinds of wood.
Descriptions
Object Description Halibut hook. Made with 2 kinds of wood with bone barb and spruce root lashing. Depicts magic figures, so hard to interpret (possibly Shaman). Halibut motif.
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved wood, figures, bone barb lashed with spruce root
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood (Yew?), Bone, Split root, Glass
Dimensions Overall: 30 x 4.5 x 17 cm (11 13/16 x 1 3/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Roderick MacKenzie (?)
Donor American Antiquarian Society (1895)

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