Halibut hook

Museum number:
2-7532
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020007532
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Bone barb, spruce root binding.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material) (sharp hook), Twine (binding), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baked
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Fishhook for rock fish, kelp fish, black cod and halibut. (Use and materials fide Charles Brown, June 1964)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— length 14.5 centimeters, whole— depth 0.5 centimeters, whole— width 6.25 centimeters, and length 15 centimeters
Comment:
Tlingit name of halibut hook is "nuxwh".
Loans:
S2016-2017 #10: Fort Ross Historical Museum (May 20, 2017–May 20, 2017)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-7532, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Bone barb, spruce root binding.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-7532, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Bone barb, spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-7532, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Bone barb, spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-7532, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Bone barb, spruce root binding.

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