Halibut hook; carved wood, iron barb, cotton (?) string included in binding; bird figure.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Prince of Wales Island, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Alexander Archipelago; Prince of Wales Island
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
1913
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1954
Context of use:
Text from Lowie Museum of Anthropology "Man the Inventor" exhibit, 1964: "The ... hooks ... are ... baited with squid. Often set in pairs, one above the other, the hooks float above the ocean floor attached to a stone sinker on the bottom. The sinker, in
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 29 centimeters
Comment:
...When the fisherman feels the sinker move, he pulls in the line, thereby pulling the hook over, inverting the fish and making it relatively helpless".;
Loans:
S1981-1982 #65: Artrain (July 30, 1982–December 14, 1983) and S2016-2017 #10: Fort Ross Historical Museum (May 20, 2017–May 20, 2017)