NWC Bent Wood Halibut Fish Hook

Provenance: Ex collection Ch. Arcelin, France

Literature: See the examples N° Am,VAN.131.b & Am,VAN.132 in the British Museum collected on George Vancouver's voyage to Hawaii and the NW coast of North America 1791-1795 by the Surgeon's mate George Goodman Hewett.

Ref. : Stewart, Hilary : Indian fishing: Early methods on the Northwest Coast. University of Washington Press and Douglas & McIntyre,1977