920 FISHEKIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [96] 



Fish-hook. 



Made of a piece of curved iron, barbless ; long ganging of cord. 

 Length, 2£ inches ; spread, 1 inch. Pyramid Lake, Nevada. 

 1876. 19,064. Stephen Powers. 



Fish-hook. 



An iron nail driven through the end of a knotty piece of wood and 

 secured with pitch. Length, 4£ inches. Wallapai Indians. 

 1870. 9,765. Dr. Edward Palmer. 



Fish-hooks (3). 



Straight, iron points, lashed to short, wooden stocks by serving of 

 bark or fiber. Line, braided fiber. Length, 3 to 3 £ inches j 

 spread, f to 1 inch. Chilkaht, Alaska, 1870. 9,807. Lieu- 

 tenant F. W. Eing, U. S. A. 



Fish-hook. 



Made of bird's claw. CooyuweePai Ute Indians. Length, 1£ inches ^ 

 spread, § inch. Pyramid Lake, Nevada, 1876. 19,064 (b). 

 Stephen Powers. 



Fish-hook. 



Eeindeer horn. Square shoulders instead of curves ; sharp point, 

 ' barbed ; barb on bottom of shoulder. Hole in shank for attach- 

 ment of line. Length, 2£ inches ; breadth, If inches. Chester- 

 field Inlet, north of Hudson Bay, 1861. 72,609. Collected by 

 Capt. H. C. Chester. Gift of Dr. Emil Bessels. 



Fish-hooks (4). 



Unbarbed, brass hooks at the ends of split quills which pass through 

 a bone sinker at right angles ; the sinker is fastened to the end 

 of a short snood which depends from the end of a small pole. 

 Length of stick, 12 inches. Spread of hooks, 7£ inches. Used 

 as a grab-hook in catching small fish. Bristol Bay, Alaska, 

 1882. 55,926. Collected by Chas. L. McKay. 



Fish-hooks (6). 



Ivory shanks with rude iron points, unbarbed. Length, 1£ to 5f 

 inches. Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1882. 55,925. Collected by 

 Charles L. McKay. 



Fish-hook. 



Hook of carved bone ; back, carved from shell ; bound together 

 with sinew and cord of twisted vegetable fiber. Length, 4£ 

 inches. Fiji Islands, 1840. 2,844. U. S. Exploring Expedi- 

 tion, Capt. Charles Wilkes, U. S. K 



