Halibut Hook
53-1-16
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 53-1-16 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit (uncertain) |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Cork | Metal | Cord |
| Description | Made from two pieces of wood bound together at joining on shank. Back is carved to represent snake-like creature with head doubled back on body (?), and has hole for cord. Iron hook. Cord is commercial, but all binding is of spruce root. |
| Length | 25.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Samuel W. Fernberger, 1953 |
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