Fish Hooks, Bone And Whalebone
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "[One of the cod hooks is] ILLUS. IN J. SWAN, INDIANS OF CAPE FLATTERY, SMITHSONIAN INST., 1869, FIG. 21, P. 41. 2/1/67: 6 SPECIMENS LOCATED. DANISH NATL. MU 1868."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 385 of Gilman, Carolyn. 2003. Lewis and Clark across the divide. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books. Identified there as made of hemlock, spruce root, sinew, baleen, gut, and with bone barbs. The smaller hooks were for catching cod, and the larger U-shaped hook was for halibut.
label: Notes
content: Similar (same?) objects are shown in illustration on p. 445, in Volume 4 of Charles Wilkes, 1798-1877, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842., 1845 edition, Philadelphia. Printed from original "official" 1844 Philadelphia publication plates ed., 5 vols. (Philadephia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845). This illustration is captioned "Fish-Hooks" and is in the "Puget Sound and Okonagan" chapter of the book.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Northwest Coast, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2629-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook