Halibut-Hook, Iron Prong Item Number: E20657-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=527, retrieved 3-31-2012: Halibut hook. Buoyant yellow cedar wood was used for the upper arms of halibut hooks, dense alder for the lower. This hook has an iron barb, on which octopus was placed as bait.
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
- E20657-0
- 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