Hook, Crochet - Qilagsuun
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center > Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
1975.008.004
Ivory;Human-made
Height: .25"
Width: .25"
Length: 4.75"
20th century
Alutiiq
Uyak Bay, Kodiak Island, AK., c. 1906. Alutiiq, Koniaq (attributed).
Donated in honor of Nils and Minnie C. Montan.
Crochet hook with a tapering shaft ending in hook. Above end of shaft is a series of four-sided geometric shapes surmounted by a standing bird (ptarmigan?). Purple pigment in recessed areas and on bird. Inscriptions: "Pa Pa" lightly in pencil (?); "1911" (? ) on other side of shaft.