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Title |
Doing Battle with the Halibut People: The Tlingit, Haida, & Tsimshian Halibut Hook |
Object # |
RC 2019.0.17.1 |
Object Name |
Book |
Call Number |
970.004 Smythe |
Published Date |
2018 |
Author |
Smythe, Chuck |
Publisher |
Sealaska Heritage Institute |
Edition |
first edition |
Description |
Doing Battle with the Halibut People: The Tlingit, Haida, & Tsimshian Halibut Hook by Chuck Smythe, Ph.D., 2018 The most comprehensive book ever published on traditional northern Northwest Coast halibut hooks, known as náxw in Tlingit. Written by Chuck Smythe, Ph.D., the book delves deeply into the ingenious engineering, use of, and spiritual dimensions of the hooks as relayed by expert Native fishermen and members of the institute's Council of Traditional Scholars. Scientists are only now realizing the genius behind the traditional halibut hook, which was engineered to catch only halibut and to perpetuate the species by targeting only medium-sized fish. In 2018, the Juneau Economic Development Council and the Alaska State Committee for Research (SCoR) inducted the traditional wood halibut hook used by the northern Northwest Coast Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian into the SCoR Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame. The halibut hook was selected because it is a "sophisticated and innovative piece of technology unlike any other fish hook." |
Physical Description |
softcover; cover is half white and half blue with a faint formline design; 116 pages; table of contents; introduction; color photographs; references; appendices; index |
ISBN |
9781946019363 |
People |
Smythe, Chuck |
Search Terms |
Art Fishing Haida Halibut Halibut Hook Northwest Coast Northwest Coast Art Saturday Spotlight Sealaska Heritage Institute Southeast Alaska Tlingit Tool Tsimshian |
Relation |
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Collection |
Ketchikan Museums, RC 2019.0.17.1 |