Fish hook ·  Canada, Inuit, Thule culture · ID: 3037870

Description

whale bone, brown patina, base;
the “Thule” or “proto-Inuit” were the ancestors of all modern Inuit. They developed in coastal Alaska by AD 1000 and expanded eastwards across Canada, reaching Greenland by the 13th century.The appellation “Thule” originates from the location of Thule in northwest Greenland, facing Canada, where the archaeological remains of the people were first found at Comer’s Midden. The links between the Thule and the Inuit are biological, cultural, and linguistic.

The object Fish hook with the object ID 3037870 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 64 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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