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Halibut Hook

Datec. 1880
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 5 × 2 × 20 in. (26.7 × 12.7 × 5.1 × 50.8 cm)
Object numberT0547
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
ProvenanceAxel Rasmussen, Skagway, Alaska; George Shaw, Denver, Colorado; Morning Star Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyDavis, Robert Tyler. Native Arts of the Pacific Northwest. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1949, no.74.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.293.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 442.
On View
On view
Halibut Hook
Tlingit
1830-1860
Pair of Lightning Serpent Masks
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
1860-1880
Female Figure
Haida
c. 1830
Basket
Pomo
1830-1860
Piptuka Wutaka
Hopi
1910-1920
Kachina
Zuni Pueblo
1900-1920
War Helmet
Tlingit
c. 1780-1840
Rattle
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka), Makah
c. 1800-1860
Bent-Corner Chest with Lid
Tlingit or Tsimshian
1750-1800
Float
Tlingit
c. 1880
War Helmet
Tlingit
c. 1750-1800
Mask
Owekeno or Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
c. 1860-1880

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