Fishing Line
Fishhook
NA10827
From: Alaska | Angoon
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA10827 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska | Angoon |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Maple Bark | Wood | Metal |
| Description | Length of fishing line made from twisted maple bark fibers with two halibut hooks attached. Each hook is V-shaped and made from two pieces of wood lashed together. One hook is missing the lashing that binds the two pieces. One end of each hook has a metal barb attached, pointing inward. The other end of one hook is carved into what is likely a raven's head with a halibut's body and tail. The second hook has the end carved into what is likely a mountain goat's head, a halibut's body, and is lined on the sides with the suction cups of a devilfish. |
| Length | 59.1 cm |
| Width | 31.4 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1926 |
| Other Number | Shotridge 101, 102, 103 or 104 - Field No SF | 104 - Other Number |
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