Fish hook
name: label: Culture/People
content: Copper Inuit
label: Collector
content: John Edward Freeman Wight (J.E.F. Wight), Non-Indian, 1887-1959
label: Previous owner
content: John Edward Freeman Wight (J.E.F. Wight), Non-Indian, 1887-1959
label: Previous owner
content: Corporal Robert Wight (Robert Stanley Stuart Wight), Non-Indian, 1888-1929
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1916 by John Edward Freeman Wight (1887-1959, a constable with the North-West Mounted Police); given or transferred by John Wight to his brother Corporal Robert Stanley Stuart Wight (1888-1929, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1923.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Victoria Island; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Northwest Territories; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Victoria Island
label: Island Grouping
content: South Canadian Arctic Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Copper Inuit
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 12/494
label: Barcode
content: 120494.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Fish hook
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone, metal wire, iron hook, wool cloth
label: Techniques
content: Twisted, carved, perforated, inlaid