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Halibut Hook

Mediumwood, iron, spruce root, cedar bark

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

Terms

Haida
Ceremonies

Paper Field ReferencesAMNH 16.1/2067

Object numberHRC 03313

Descriptionsingle piece of wood carved for a halibut hook. it has two figures on the hook, one a bird, and the other a fish. the iron barbed hook is lashed with spruce root, and the leeder is lashed with spruce root.

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