Halibut Hook

54-10-8

From: Canada | British Columbia | Victoria (Canada)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 54-10-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Victoria (Canada)
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Bone | Pigment | Spruce Root | Cord
Description

Curved wood with bone hook pointed at both ends, attached at angle. Hook and both ends wrapped with split spruce root (?); commercial cord for attaching to rod.

Length 7.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Margaret H. Chrystie, 1954

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