Halibut-Hook, Iron Prong
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=527, retrieved 3-31-2012: Halibut hook. Buoyant yellow cedar wood was used for the upper arms of halibut hooks, dense alder for the lower. This hook has an iron barb, on which octopus was placed as bait.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Simpson, British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tsimshian (Ts'msyen)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004686
label: USNM Number
content: E20657-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26.5 cm