МАЭ № 4104-29

Line with a hook and a sinker

Kodiak Eskimos

19th century

Russian circumnavigations and half round-the-world sea expeditions

seaweed, stone, bone, sinew, spruce root

diameter of the skein 29 cm, diameter of the sinker 11.2 cm, length of the hook 10.5 cm, length of the point of the hook 5.7 cm

The fishing line is made from the stems of kelp (Macrocystis Pyrifera) with a sinker and hooks. To prepare a fishing line they soak the kelp in fresh water and dry it in the sun or in the smoke from a campfire. Fishing line which is dried over a campfire has a dark color. Fishing gear with hooks of this type was used to catch cod.

Ethnography of America