A TLINGIT WOOD HALIBUT HOOK
of typical form, the front arm with carved human figure, with upraised left arm, holding his hand over his ear, the other hand grasping an implement at the waist and surmounted by an animal with open mouth, perhaps biting his cheek, each with incised ribcage and spine, lashed to the back with twisted cotton cord and sinew, iron barb
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
A TLINGIT WOOD HALIBUT HOOK
of typical form, the front arm with carved human figure, with upraised left arm, holding his hand over his ear, the other hand grasping an implement at the waist and surmounted by an animal with open mouth, perhaps biting his cheek, each with incised ribcage and spine, lashed to the back with twisted cotton cord and sinew, iron barb
Height: 10 in. (25.4 cm.)
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