Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1903 and 1908 by Charles Will Wright (1879-1968, then associated with the US Geological Survey and later the Chief of the US Bureau of Mines); purchased by George Heye from Charles Will Wright in 1909.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Kaigani Haida [Klinkwan]
- Collector
- Charles Will Wright (Charles W. Wright), Non-Indian, 1879-1968
- Previous owner
- Charles Will Wright (Charles W. Wright), Non-Indian, 1879-1968
- Seller
- Charles Will Wright (Charles W. Wright), Non-Indian, 1879-1968
- Object Name
- Fish hook
- Media/Materials
- Wood, spruce root, cedar bark, iron point
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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