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Hook1922.952 A-B

Two trolling fish hooks with bone points lashed on with bark, both have long and flexible shafts made from whalebone. A) has a slightly curved shaft.; Good.These two fishhooks would have been used for catching spring salmon or cod. They both have antler points, which are attached with bark to the baleen shafts.Exhbited: On loan to'Arctic Ambitions: Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage', at the Anchorage Museum, Alaska, 27 March- 7 September 2015; and the Washington State Historical Museum Tacoma/Seattle 16 October- 10 January 2016

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, bone and bark
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Apron1922.983

A skin apron decorated with bird quills and deer hooves strung in three rows on leather thongs. Together with two other smaller pieces of skin decorated in a similar manner, which are possibly an arm or leg band, and a chest piece.; Poor.

Culture
Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
leather, hoof and quill
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Club1921.567.1

Whalebone club with cherry bark binding round shaft and creature's, open-mouthed ?bird, head carved on top. Down the centre of the blade a design has been carved between two lines, composed of circles and triangles; good.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
bone and bark
Made in
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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