Náxw (Halibut Hook)
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
collected late 1920s-1945
Yellow cedar wood, green cotton cord, and iron
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer
165.17.15607
Geography
Place Made: Sitka, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Axel Rasmussen, in the 1920's and 1930's [until his death in 1945]; Earl Stendahl; to Doris Meltzer, Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1965.
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