Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John C. Graham (possibly an antique dealer in Salem, Massachusetts); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1940.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Makah
- Previous owner
- John C. Graham, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Fish hook
- Media/Materials
- Wood, animal bone, conifer root, cordage
- Techniques
- Carved, wrapped
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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