Fishhook

Museum number:
2-15744
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020015744
Accession number:
Acc.715
Description:
Bone fishhook barb. Made from baculum, possibly mink, with pathologies.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
Site on point between Larsen Bay and Uyak Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska
Materials:
Penis bone (baculum)
Taxon:
Neovison vison
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fishhooks
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1937
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-15744, described as Bone fishhook barb. Made from baculum, possibly mink, with pathologies.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-15744, described as Bone fishhook barb. Made from baculum, possibly mink, with pathologies.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-15744, described as Bone fishhook barb. Made from baculum, possibly mink, with pathologies.

Tools