Hook model

Museum number:
2-47001
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020047001
Alternate number:
12 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2526
Description:
Wood shaft with notched edge, ivory hook. wire wrapping at base of shaft. Metal not aboriginal.
Donor:
Nelson H.H. Graburn and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Povungnituk, Quebec, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Quebec; Povungnituk
Culture or time period:
Canadian cultures and Inuit
Maker or artist:
Juanasiluk Ivqumiak
Collector:
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection date:
June 1968 - July 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Gaff hook model. Made and used by men; used in kayak for hooking heavy game out of water and stuffing it down inside kayak.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 19.2 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: Nitsik.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook model, accession number 2-47001, described as Wood shaft with notched edge, ivory hook. wire wrapping at base of shaft. Metal not aboriginal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook model, accession number 2-47001, described as Wood shaft with notched edge, ivory hook. wire wrapping at base of shaft. Metal not aboriginal.

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