Fishhook

Museum number:
2-4498
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
With line and stick. 2 piece bone hook with barbed section attached with commercial cordage. Heavy fiber line connects hook and wood stick, stick lashed to line with sinew in 3 places.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo and Koniag
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Materials:
Hemp (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishhooks
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably for cod fishing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
12.3 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "cf. fig. 23, p. 147, Birket-Smith, Early Collection from the Pacific Eskimo.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-4498, described as With line and stick. 2 piece bone hook with barbed section attached with commercial cordage. Heavy fiber line connects hook and wood stick, stick lashed to line with sinew in 3 places.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-4498, described as With line and stick. 2 piece bone hook with barbed section attached with commercial cordage. Heavy fiber line connects hook and wood stick, stick lashed to line with sinew in 3 places.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-4498, described as With line and stick. 2 piece bone hook with barbed section attached with commercial cordage. Heavy fiber line connects hook and wood stick, stick lashed to line with sinew in 3 places.

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