"Fishhook - Nootka Culture, Vancouver Island, British Columbia - Late 19th Century"
Fishhook
Nootka culture, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Late 19th - early 20th century
Wood, bone and natural fibres
H.: 15 ; L.: 9.5 cm
(small old accident)
Hook with wooden shank and bone barb.
It was used for halibut fishing.
Bibliography: Two similar examples are reproduced in Art and Artefacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas, the James Hooper Collection, nos. 1501 and 1502, plate 185, page 317.
Ref : 5525
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