Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/194 , retrieved 1-3-2020: According to the Smithsonian Institution's catalogue information, this bundle of cotton twine was part of a collection that also included a number of fish hooks. The twine most likely had been obtained by Inuvialuit through trade at Fort Anderson.

Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/157 , retrieved 1-13-2020: Three fish lures with lines attached. The shanks of the lures are made from antler. Two have iron hooks and one has a hook made of copper. Each has a baleen line attached to holes drilled through the narrow end of its shank, and shallow holes for decorative insets drilled into faces and edges for decorative insets. The insets that are still in place are all pieces of copper. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/21: Fishing tackle was used for catching fish in rivers and streams during the open water season, and for jigging through holes chiseled through ice in winter and spring. Fishing tackle in the MacFarlane Collection includes fishing rods (iqaluksiun) with lines (ipiutaq) made from baleen, and bone and antler lures (niksik) with iron hooks. Less commonly, fishhooks were made from wood.

NO NUMBER; NORTHWEST COAST-SCRAPS OF KELP FISH LINE, LEATHER CORD AND TWINE.

HAS CATALOG CARD.

LEDGER AND CATALOG CARD SAY 1 HOOK SENT TO COPENHAGEN, DENMARK. 1926.

FROM CARD: "FISH HOOK & BLADDER BUOY WITH FISH LINE."

HAS CATALOG CARD.

In addition to the fish line, there are 3 wooden pieces with this object that may be fish lures or parts of fish lures. Two have labels glued on in James Swan's hand: One says "No 15, Kark te whaddie. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery W.T. From James G. Swan, Port Townsend, W.T. Nobember 20th 1882." The second says "Kark te waddie, used in fishing to attract fish, Makah Indians W.T., Neah Bay, W.T. J.G. Swan, Nov. 20th 1882."