Hook, Crochet - Qilagsuun
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center > Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
1975.008.003
Ivory;Human-made
Height: .25"
Width: .25"
Length: 6.25"
20th century
Alutiiq
Uyak Bay, Kodiak Island, AK., ca. 1906. Alutiiq, Koniaq (attributed).
Donated in honor of Nils and Minnie C. Montan.
Tapering round shaft ending in a hook and surmounted by a simplified walrus shape. Four asterisks (2 red, 2 blue) are incised on shaft about 1/4 down from top. Red incised lines on flippers and nostrils, blue in eyeholes.