Roasting Stick
50-50-4
From: United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Kootznahoo Inlet | Pillsbury Point
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 50-50-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Kootznahoo Inlet | Pillsbury Point |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Three quarters of length of shaft split. Tied with vegetable fibre near end of split. Unsplit portion of shaft tapered to a point - Fish was cut open, flattened out and placed in split of the shaft. The free end of split was tied thus lashing the fish in place. The shaft was pressed into ground inclining towards an open fire. |
| Length | 90.7 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Outside Diameter | 3.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1950 |
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