Hook Item Number: 1949.219 B from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Two V-shaped trolling fish hooks with flexible whalebone snoods or shafts, and bone points lashed on with cherry bark.; Good
Context
Catalogue card gives provenance as Columbia River, making them Chinook in origin.The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; Trolling hooks were attached to a line in a series and were pulled behind a canoe. They were used for catching spring salmon, cod.; Collected in
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Wisbech Museum during 1949
Who
- Culture
- Chinook
- Received from
- Wisbech Museum
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1949
Other
- Keyword
- Fishing