Halibut Hook

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States

A halibut fish hook from the Quileute culture. Collected by Fannie Ellen Taylor from Washington state. The hook is made from bent spruce with an iron wire barb.

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Title: Halibut Hook
Location: Not Given, Washington, United States, North America
Type: Fish Hook
Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
Medium: Spruce, Iron
USNM Catalog Number(s): E299074
Photo Credit: Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Field: Ethnology
Accession Date: 1917-03-30

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