Halibut Fish-Hook Item Number: E42976-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 31, FIG. 155; P. 286 (TLINGIT)." FROM CARD: "FISHHOOK.---MADE OF SPRUCE, REPRESENTING A SEA-GULL. MADE IN TWO PIECES, LASHED AT THE JOINT WITH CEDAR BARK, THE SHANKS BEING CARVED WITH DESIGNS SUPPOSED TO GIVE GOOD LUCK TO THE FISHERMAN. THE BARBS WERE FORMERLY OF BONE OR SHELL, BUT LATER OF IRON. TLINKIT INDIANS (KOLUSCHAN STOCK), SITKA, ALASKA. 42,976. COLLECTED BY COMMANDER L. A. BEARDSLEE, U.S.N. NEG.NO. 6205."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Commander Lester A. Beardslee in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy during 1880
What
- Name
- Halibut Fish-Hook
- Identification Number
- E42976-0
- Type of Item
- fish hook
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Commander Lester A. Beardslee
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1880
Other
- Accession Number
- 008881