Ivory. Separate barb tied to stem with 2-ply sinew cordage. Hook suspended from heavier plaited sinew line.
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:
Bark (plant material) and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably used for cod fishing. Would be used with wood stick.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: "cf. fig. 23, p. 147, Birket-Smith, Early Collection from the Pacific Eskimo.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)