Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1921 from George White (Tolowa) by Thomas Talbot Waterman (1885-1936, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Tolowa
- Previous owner
- George White, Tolowa, 1862-1932
- Collector
- Dr. Thomas Talbot Waterman (T. T. Waterman), Non-Indian, 1885-1936
- Object Name
- Fish hook
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, cordage, asphaltum/bitumen
- Techniques
- Knotted, carved, barbed, wrapped
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
