Halibut Hook
Date1895-1901
Mediumwood, spruce root, cedar bark, iron
DimensionsOther: 11.3 × 13 × 28 cm (4 7/16 × 5 1/8 × 11 in.)
Other: 6.2 × 6.4 × 23 cm (2 7/16 × 2 1/2 × 9 1/16 in.)
Other: 6.2 × 6.4 × 23 cm (2 7/16 × 2 1/2 × 9 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsTools
Terms
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-159 (a,b)
Object numberHRC 00159
Descriptionhalibut hook, v shaped of two pieces of wood bevelled at one end and tied with root in two places. there is a groove for each lashing. point off bone tied to end of one arm by roots point rest on a platform. other arm carved with fish like body, large eeyes, protruding tongue, and nostrils. has "Klukwan" writeen in pencil underneath. the end of a root rope protrudes from a hole in this arm.b) float of one piece of wood carved as a seal or otter. hole form front to bacck under the seal. cedar bark line, broken, passing through hole.
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1927
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c. 1879
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