Halibut hook

Museum number:
2-8656
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.187
Description:
Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Iron barb, spruce root binding.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sitka, Baranof Island, Sitka Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Alexander Archipelago; Sitka
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (commercial manufacture) and Wood (plant material) (painted)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baked
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Fishhook for halibut, also for rock fish, kelp fish, black cod. (Use and materials fide Charles Brown, June 1964)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 16 centimeters, whole— width 9.5 centimeters, whole— length 14 centimeters, and whole— depth 1.5 centimeters
Loans:
S2016-2017 #10: Fort Ross Historical Museum (May 20, 2017–May 20, 2017)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-8656, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Iron barb, spruce root binding.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-8656, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Iron barb, spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-8656, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Iron barb, spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-8656, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Iron barb, spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-8656, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Iron barb, spruce root binding.

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