Halibut hook

Museum number:
2-7535
Permalink:
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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
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:
length 15 centimeters
Loans:
S1965-1966 #20: National Park Service/Geoffrey C. Brown (September 23, 1965–October 23, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-7535, 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 2-7535, 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 2-7535, 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 2-7535, described as Made from single piece of yew wood, steamed and bent, baked with oil. Bone barb, spruce root binding.

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