Fishhook

Haida
First Nation
Northwest Coast

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collected 1820-1860

Wood, bone, and grass

Overall: 3/8 × 5 5/16 × 4 1/16 in. (1 × 13.5 × 10.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly

22.3.1907

Geography

Place Made: Haida Gwaii, Canada, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Course History

ANTH 11/NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deb Nichols, Winter 2019

ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Nathaniel Kitchel, Fall 2019

Exhibition History

People of Potlatch, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, Massachusetts, May 10, 1987-October 25, 1988.

Provenance

Collected by "an old sea captain," about 1820-1860; to General John Hewston, California; bequeathed to his niece, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt Kimberly (1851-1927), West Newton, Massachusetts; given to present collection, 1922.

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