Halibut hook

Museum number:
2-4630
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1026 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carving from a halibut hook (missing hook), stylized human with animal creature below, wood.
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
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Part of halibut hook.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 27 centimeters, whole— depth 2.5 centimeters, whole— width 6 centimeters, and whole— length 27 centimeters
Loans:
S2016-2017 #10: Fort Ross Historical Museum (May 20, 2017–May 20, 2017)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4630, described as Carving from a halibut hook (missing hook), stylized human with animal creature below, wood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4630, described as Carving from a halibut hook (missing hook), stylized human with animal creature below, wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4630, described as Carving from a halibut hook (missing hook), stylized human with animal creature below, wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Halibut hook, accession number 2-4630, described as Carving from a halibut hook (missing hook), stylized human with animal creature below, wood.

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