Halibut hook

Museum number:
2-19137
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019137
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Single piece halibut hook with bone barb; made from yew wood, steamed and bent, and baked with oil; spruce root binding.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baked
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Hook also for rock fish, kelp fish, and black cod. This info. and info. on hook materials from Charles Brown, June, 1964.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19137, described as Single piece halibut hook with bone barb; made from yew wood, steamed and bent, and baked with oil; spruce root binding.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19137, described as Single piece halibut hook with bone barb; made from yew wood, steamed and bent, and baked with oil; spruce root binding.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19137, described as Single piece halibut hook with bone barb; made from yew wood, steamed and bent, and baked with oil; spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19137, described as Single piece halibut hook with bone barb; made from yew wood, steamed and bent, and baked with oil; spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-19137, described as Single piece halibut hook with bone barb; made from yew wood, steamed and bent, and baked with oil; spruce root binding.

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