Fishhook
57-26-9
From: Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 57-26-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Metal | Cedar Bark | Cord |
| Description | Two pieces of wood bound together with commercial rope; iron point bound on with split cedar bark; fish body with human face which has curls on top and hair indicated on back; overhanging eye-lids; wide open mouth (carved on top piece of wood). Commercial cord for attaching to line. |
| Length | 25.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957 |
| Other Number | L-269-9 - Old Museum Number | 273 - Other Number |
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