Hook Item Number: A2.334 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A large Y-shaped antler piece which curves around at the other end which has a peg near the end. Metal nails go through the cross-section near the end which splits into a Y-shape. Braided sinew is loosely wrapped around the crevasse in between the Y-shape and around the opposite curved end tip. At the end of the braided sinew, there is a rounded bone piece with a curved metal hook.
History Of Use
For fish
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada
- Owned by Jeffries
- Owned by G. A. Gillies before 1948
- Received from G. A. Gillies (Donor) during 1948
What
- Name
- Hook
- Identification Number
- A2.334
- Type of Item
- hook
- Material
- steel metal, caribou antler, sinew and bone
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, drilled, braided and polished
- Overall
- height 29.5 cm, width 13.0 cm, depth 3.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit: Inuinnait
- Previous Owner
- Jeffries and G. A. Gillies
- Received from
- G. A. Gillies (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before 1948
- Acquisition Date
- during 1948
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 2273/0003