Context (CMS Context)
The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.;
The catalogue card gives information received from the donor. "Halibut hooks made of hemlock knots that are trimmed to size, put in a section of giant kelp, heated over a fire of coals until pliable, then bent into form, tied until cool and set. The barb of bone hard wood and later iron nail is secured with a seizing of spruce root." Bent hooks were shaped by steaming, and amongst the Kwakiutl a mould was used to wrap the steamed wood around. The hook would be set with a piece of bait, possibly some octopus. The hook was then attached to a weighted line by a leader, often made from nettle fibre, the upper arm of the hook was that with the barb. The larger hooks were used for halibut fishing, and the smaller ones were secured in a series to a line for catching ling- cod, and sculpin.;

Collected by: Emmons.Commander.G.T
Event Date 1/11/1993
Author: rachel hand

Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card notes for 1934.1075 A-C 'Three halibut hooks made from bent hemlock and lashing of spruce root. A) Has a bone barb, B) an iron barb, and C) a bone barb'
Event Date 1/11/1993
Author: rachel hand

Conservation ()
525 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: rachel hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
Provenance of Haida Gwaii added due to Haida attribution.

The Northwest Coast Collection was re-catalogued and photographed by Dr. Gillian Crowther in 1992. The revised database records were reproduced in her ‘Catalogue of the Northwest Coast Collection: Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology’, 1992, revised 2nd edition 1996.

Event Date 30/3/2020
Author: rachel hand