Halibut Hook Item Number: 25.0/323 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Carving on halibut hooks is often simple and rough. Very likely the fisherman himself does the carving, and only if he happens incidentally to be an artist is it expertly designed and finished. The figures are meant to be seen only by the halibut, and their magical power is more important than any artistic excellence. (Holm, Crooked Beak of Heaven, 1972)
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Anne Gerber
What
- Name
- Halibut Hook
- Identification Number
- 25.0/323
- Type of Item
- halibut hook
- Material
- wood, root and iron metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and lashed
- Overall
- length 9.6 in
Who
- Culture
- Northwest Coast
- Received from
- Mrs. Anne Gerber
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Sidney Gerber Collection, Gift of Anne Gerber
- Motif
- Halibut
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection