Half of a Fishhook in the Shape of a Bird
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
late 19th century
Wood
Overall: 2 5/8 × 2 9/16 in. (6.6 × 6.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Glover Street Hastings III
181.2.26091
Geography
Place Made: Nome, United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 74, The Human Spectrum, Nate Dominy, Spring 2022
Provenance
Purported to be from the "Old Council House, Nome, Alaska,"; collected by Charles F. Schwing (1875-about 1954), Greenville, South Carolina; sold to Glover Street Hastings III, West Newton, Massachusetts and Bridgeton, Maine, 1930's; bequeathed to his daughter, Carlena Hastings Redfield (1888-1981), 1949; bequeathed to present collection [under the terms of her father's will], 1981.
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