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Halibut Hook

Date1895-1901

Mediumhemlock, spruce root, iron

DimensionsOther: 14.1 × 12 × 21.7 cm (5 9/16 × 4 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

ClassificationsTools

Terms

Wood Carving

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-195

Object numberHRC 00195

Descriptionhalibut hook, shaped as rounded v, of hemlock bent at a knot. point of rectangular piece of iron rests in groove at side of end of one arm, tied with spruce root lashing. this end of arm notched by lashing. end of other arm tapers. roper of twisted spruce root, 3 ply, attached to this arm by root lashing.
collected in Skidegate

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