Halibut Hook
29-175-401
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-401 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Spruce Root | Pigment | Metal |
| Description | V-shaped; two pieces of wood lashed together with split spruce root. One arm carved into bird's head and neck? (or front half of dragonfly) (?) Red paint in bands on neck, in mouth, around eyes and elsewhere. "Burnt" brown coloring used too. Line attached. Nail lashed to end of other stick with split spruce root. |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 6/9891 - Collector Number |
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