Fish Trap Lure | Salmon Lure Item Number: 1390 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
The subject of this carving is the Salmon-Boy, who was taken away by the salmon people because he made disparaging remarks about one of their dead, calling it moldy. He didn't know he was among salmon; they seemed like humans to him. When the salmon tribe dispersed to go to their various spawning streams the boy, now a salmon, was caught by his grieving parents. They found him inside the salmon and, when he came to life, he taught his people how to treat salmon so they would continue to give themselves to men. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Automatically Generated From Material
The paint is red and black.
Item History
- Received from George T. Emmons
What
- Name
- Fish Trap Lure | Salmon Lure
- Identification Number
- 1390
- Type of Item
- fish trap lure and salmon lure
- Material
- wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- height 96.0 cm, width 3.7 cm, depth 6.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit: Stikine
- Received from
- George T. Emmons
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Purchased from George T. Emmons
- Motif
- Salmon | Human
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection