Halibut-Hook, Iron Prong Item Number: E20656-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "20656-7. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; P1. 31, FIG. 161; P. 286."FROM CARD: "HALIBUT HOOK.---LARGEST TYPE. MADE FROM THE FORKED BRANCH OF A TREE, DRESSED DOWN TO NEAT DIMENSIONS. IRON BARB; CARVED WOODEN FLOAT. CAPABLE OF BRINGING UP HALIBUT WEIGHING FROM 50 TO 120 POUNDS. TSIMSHIAN INDIANS (CHIMMESYANSTOCK), FORT SIMPSON, B. C. 20,656. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
Item History
- Made in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Halibut-Hook, Iron Prong
- Identification Number
- E20656-0
- Type of Item
- fish hook
Who
- Culture
- Tsimshian
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004686