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Halibut Hook3259/34

Large wooden halibut hook. Two pieces of wood, lashed together by cotton sailor's binding, to form a V-shape. Iron spike is lashed at an acute angle to shorter arm. The hollowed-out arm is carved with an animal body, with exposed ribs, a hole in the chest, and vertebrae and a tail extending over the head of a bird.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
alder wood, cotton fibre and iron metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Halibut Hook2014-35/6
Salmon Hook2012-100/23
Salmon Hook1.2E1243
Salmon Hook1.2E1244
hook1927.1734 . 176386

« Four specimens which do not belong in this section are described here for convenience sake, since they do not readily fit into other sections either. One specimen is a crudely shaped piece of curved wood which is described as a hook for drying clothes in a tent. It has two suspension holes at the proximal end (fig. 9d). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.13, fig 9d (p.37).

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
wooden
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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pot hook1927.1734 . 176385

« Two pot hooks of alder twigs are bent at one end to form a loop and lashed with spruce root. At the other end a hook is formed by a small branch (fig. 5c). » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.9, fig 5c (p.33).

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
alder bark
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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Hook3183/3

Carved wooden yipwon (hook figure). In the shape of a standing person, with a large foot at bottom below a single leg with bent knee. A face in profile sits at centre of object, with a protruding nose and mouth and large forehead with brow that overhangs the inset shell eyes. A flower is carved onto the cheek. Surrounding the face are three oblong circles, the inner and outer of which are carved with rounded designs that are painted white and orange. The other side of the object is carved similarly but is unpainted.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, shell and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Suspension Hook3183/1

Carved hook. Large round face, flat in profile, sits on top of object, with protruding eyes made of seeds below a pointed brow, with scale-like carvings on forehead and cheeks. Nostrils are wide, mouth is small. Long strands of twisted plant fibre are tied through the narrow ears. The long neck is carved with circular and scale-like motifs, and connects with a large triangle below, its upper corners sharply carved into rounded spikes. A face with inset shell eyes and a smiling mouth with prominent teeth is carved into the wood. A tie of plant fibre is set through the nose. At bottom is a hook in a half circle shape, top corners elongated and curved into spikes mimicking the triangle above. It too has a carved face, with nut eyes, brow and cheeks carved with scale-like half circles, and a plant fibre tie through the nose. Mouth at bottom is wide, smiling, showing many prominent teeth. The back of the object is similar to the front.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, plant fibre, seed, shell and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt Hook3143/8

Bronze belt hook with silver inlay. Object is long and thin, curving slightly along its length, with a raised button set on the concave edge. The hooked end takes the shape of a dragon's head. Inlaid with scroll motifs, with several wide, encircling, silver bands.

Culture
Ordos
Material
bronze metal and silver metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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