hook;
gaff;
spear
- Museum number
- Am1903,0615.45
- Description
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Fish rake or gaff, consisting of a piece of curved bone or antler, with a bevelled edge originally for attachment to the shaft, with two slightly curved native (?) copper hooks or spikes driven through the head. The distal spike or hook has slighly split the head. With three holes for binding the bevelled edge to the shaft, still with a length of binding of skin and sinew remaining.
- Production date
- 1850-1902 (Looks quite unused)
- Dimensions
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Length: 21.50 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Jenness 1946 illustrates an example p 113 with two copper prongs or spikes.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1987-1990 3 Dec-Oct, London, Museum of Mankind, Living Artic: Hunters of the Canadian North
- Acquisition date
- 1903
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1903,0615.45