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Halibut Hook

MOA: University of British Columbia

3259/34

Large wooden halibut hook. Two pieces of wood, lashed together by cotton sailor's binding, to form a V-shape. Iron spike is lashed at an acute angle to shorter arm. The hollowed-out arm is carved with an animal body, with exposed ribs, a hole in the chest, and vertebrae and a tail extending over the head of a bird.

  • Type of Item hook
  • Culture Northwest Coast
  • Material alder wood, cotton fibre, iron metal
  • Measurements height 30.7 cm, width 14.5 cm, depth 5.0 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Margaret Hess
  • Received from Margaret Hess
  • Made in British Columbia
  • Creation Date during 1880
  • Collection Date during 1968
  • Ownership Date before September 28, 2017
  • Acquisition Date on September 28, 2017
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3259/0034

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