Halibut Hook and Float

Date1895-1901

Mediumwood, bone, spruce root, cedar

DimensionsOther: 5.7 × 10.2 × 20.3 cm (2 1/4 × 4 × 8 in.)

ClassificationsTools

Terms

Wood Carving

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-203

Object numberHRC 00203

Descriptiona) v shaped halibut hook, shank carved to represent an albatross; float, a sea bird
b) float carved in one piece of wood, figuring a bird. white and red beads for eyes. hole under float from front to back for cedar bark line which is broken
collected in Skidegate

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