Halibut hook

Museum number:
2-4497
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-643 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Halibut hook. Composite, birdcarving, wood, cord, metal barb.
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:
1909
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Fishhook.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 28 millimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Specimen without number since 1933. Given this number on basis of inventory, June 28, 1968.
Loans:
S1993-1994 #14b: SFO Museum (June 1, 1994–September 20, 1994) and S2016-2017 #10: Fort Ross Historical Museum (May 20, 2017–May 20, 2017)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4497, described as Halibut hook. Composite, birdcarving, wood, cord, metal barb.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4497, described as Halibut hook. Composite, birdcarving, wood, cord, metal barb.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4497, described as Halibut hook. Composite, birdcarving, wood, cord, metal barb.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4497, described as Halibut hook. Composite, birdcarving, wood, cord, metal barb.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4497, described as Halibut hook. Composite, birdcarving, wood, cord, metal barb.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4497, described as Halibut hook. Composite, birdcarving, wood, cord, metal barb.

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