Description:

Native American, Pacific Northwest, United States, California, Channel Islands, Chumash, Nicolenos, or Tongva people, Pre-Contact to Mission period, ca. 1250 to 1800 CE. This is a magnificent hand-carved whale bone fishing hook with a pair of birds perched along the shank. The upper tip is pierced with an eye for attaching to a line, and the curved bend leaves a very small gap between the tip and shank. The petite birds face each other, their bills slightly curved like ducks - perhaps top imbue the power of diving fish-eating waterfowl like mergansers and cormorants! Size: 2" L x 1" W (5.1 cm x 2.5 cm)

Provenance: private Lumberton, Texas, USA collection, acquired before 2010

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#169597

  • Condition: Intact and excellent with only minor abrasions and nicks to surfaces.

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