Halibut hook

Museum number:
2-47045
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
227 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
With carved elongated human with foreshortened hands. Wood, bone, spruce root, sisal cordage.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Halibut hook.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 27 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #65: Artrain (July 30, 1982–December 14, 1983) and S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-47045, described as With carved elongated human with foreshortened hands. Wood, bone, spruce root, sisal cordage.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-47045, described as With carved elongated human with foreshortened hands. Wood, bone, spruce root, sisal cordage.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-47045, described as With carved elongated human with foreshortened hands. Wood, bone, spruce root, sisal cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-47045, described as With carved elongated human with foreshortened hands. Wood, bone, spruce root, sisal cordage.

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