Hook

Fish hook formed from two bones bound at the base with slivers of wood to tighten the grip. This item was collected by midshipman John Woodward Scott. He sailed with Captain George Vancouver to the Northwest Coast and Southeast Alaska, 1791-5.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
E1272c
Category
Ethnography
Collection Class
Tools for farm and craft
Material
bonewood
Common Name
hook
Simple Name
hook
Production County
Hawai’i
Production Country
Hawaiian Islands (United States of America)
Production Year Low
1791
Production Year High
1795

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fish hook