"Bird-shaped Fishhook - Tlingit Culture, British Columbia - 20th Century"
AVIAN-FIGURED FISHING HOOK Tlingit culture, British Columbia
First half of the 20th century
Wood, iron, and natural fibers
H: 24; W: 4.5 cm
Carved wooden fishhook used for fishing halibut, also known as halibut, with a shaft entirely carved with incisions representing a bird figure, whose beak forms the upper end of the instrument.
Iron barb.
Bibliography:
- A similar example is reproduced in Indian & Eskimo Artifacts of North America, by Charles Miles, page 40, no. 1,220.
- A similar example is kept at the Weltmuseum Wien (formerly known as the Museum für Volkerkunde), the ethnology museum in Vienna, under number 231.
Ref.6425
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