E0180: Fishing Hook

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0180

Classification Category:

4:Tools & Equipment for Materials ➞ Fishing & Trapping T&E

Marks/Labels:

Tag: "Indian fishhook from Nome, Alaska."

Materials:

botanical ➔ wood
metal ➔ iron

Dimensions:

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Description:

Fishing hook made out of two pieces of wood.

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