Halibut Hook Item Number: A2434 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Wooden barbed fish hook. Roughly v-shaped, with bone barb projecting downward from the tip of one arm toward the junction of the two. The other arm is in the shape of a bird, with a hole bored through its back. The two separate arms are bound together at one end with split root and cotton cord.

History Of Use

Fish hook, for catching halibut. Usually used for bottom fishing (often in pairs). One hook attached to either end of weighted cross pole by a short leader.