Hook, Crochet - Qilagsuun
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center > Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
1975.008.001
Ivory;Human-made
Height: .5"
Width: .5"
Length: 7.5"
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 tapering shaft, upper handle extremely delicate with openwork and spiraled areas, surmounted with a four-sided crown-like top with hoop from which three chains hang. The chains are comprised of four links ending in a notched ovoid. Six inserted feather-like pieces on two openwork areas are decorated with incised lines and dots in pink and purple, as in other areas of handle.