Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; possibly collected by Reverend Smith Stanley Osterhout (1868-1953), a missionary who worked with tribes in the Vancouver area after 1893; presumably transferred to Henry Stadthagen (1864-1927, a Victoria, British Columbia, dealer in Indian arts) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Henry Stadthagen in 1905.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Tsimshian (Ts’msyen)
- Possible collector
- Reverend Smith Stanley Osterhout (Reverend Osterhous), Non-Indian, 1868-1953
- Previous owner
- Henry Stadthagen (Harry Stadthagen/H. Stadhagen), Non-Indian, 1864-1927
- Seller
- Henry Stadthagen (Harry Stadthagen/H. Stadhagen), Non-Indian, 1864-1927
- Object Name
- Fish hook
- Media/Materials
- Iron fish hooks
- Techniques
- Wrapped
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
