83] fisheries of the united states. 907 



Fish-hooks and line-spreader. 



Hooks made of bone, with curved stock and straight shank ; no 

 barb; spreaders a small round piece of wood; lines and gang- 

 ings made of seal-skin. Made by Thlinket Indians. Length: 

 Hooks, 71 to 9 inches ; spreader, 1L to 17 inches. Sitka, Alaska, 

 1874. 16,311; 16,312. Collected by William H. Dall. 



Fishing tackle (6). 



Short wooden sticks, notched at the ends for reeling line ; lines of 

 sinew, seal-skin, whalebone, or vegetable fiber ; hooks iron or 

 copper barbs passed through bone or ivory shanks, some with 

 gangings and sinkers, some without. Alaska, 1878 to 1881. 

 33,725, 33,815, 33,852, 33,899, 33,900, 56,544. Used in catching 

 small fish, such as tomcod, whitefish, pickerel, wolf- fish, &c. 



Fishing- tackle (8). 



Short wooden sticks, notched at the ends for reeling line; line made 

 of split quills, twisted sinew, whalebone, or seal-skin ; hooks, 

 curved brass or iron, barbless points passed through bone or 

 ivory shanks ; some have stone or ivory sinkers and gangings 

 of same material as line. Used in catching smaller fish, such as 

 tomcod, whitefish, blackfish, &c. Alaska, 1878 to 1881. 33,811 ; 

 33,812; 33,814; 33,816; 33,817; 33,853; 33,915; 53,543. 



Fishing lines. 



Two fishing-lines, kelp; floats, sea-lion gut; gorge-hooks, bone. 

 Brittle when dry, tough and pliable when wet. Used in the 

 capture of small fish. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, Wash- 

 ington Territory, 1882. 72,643-4. James G. Swan. Indian 

 names: Lines, " Sar-dat-tlh " ; float, "koo-yu"; hook, "kodo- 

 datie." The entire apparatus, " Ho-kwaksh-to-kuptl," or small 

 fish line. 



Fishing-lines (2). 



Made of kelp, to which are fastened small gorge-hooks by twisted 

 cord ganging. The hooks are made of a piece of bone, sharp 

 as a needle at both ends and tied in the middle. Small blad- 

 der buoys are attached to upper portions of line, several of 

 which are set at one time, and when the fish is hooked it pulls 

 the bladder but canuot draw it under water. Used for small 

 fish like perch or rockfish. Made by Makah Indians. Neah 

 Bay, Washington Territory, 1883. 72,643-4 (a). James G. 

 Swan. 



Fishing-line. 



Kelp line, with sharp-pointed straight wire toggles, or gorge-hooks. 

 These hooks are very effective in securing the fish, and are 

 preferred to the common form when fishing on " catchy " bot- 



