I recommend taking a look here:

https://mofolkarts.missouri.edu/2019/02/22/2019-traditional-arts-apprenticeship-program-ray-joe-hastings-and-keith-whiteside/

On 11/24/2020 11:15 AM, Pete Gregory wrote:
> Rob,
> Looks pretty hefty . The barb would be on the inside  of lighter frog gigs or even
> Buffalofish harpoons. Those are used in backwater areas, all the way to the Gulf.
> Likely you remember those. Harpoons with only one barb.
> Pete Gregory
>
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>> On Nov 23, 2020, at 10:31 PM, Mann, Robbie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Keith! I'll have to check with some of my local Minnesota "informants" to see if they have heard of the "Norwegian fishhook."
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Keith Doms
>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 8:45 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: fishing spear
>>
>> My father Robert Doms, Grew up outside Hibbing, MN.  He wrote about the "Norwegian fishhook" (fishing spear) used during non-sanctioned night fishing in the 1940s and 50s.  Alas no illustrations.
>> KEith
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Mann, Robbie
>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 9:27 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: fishing spear
>>
>> Ok, trying this again. Please let me know if you can open this link to the fishing spear.
>>
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>> Rob Mann
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Fred Sutherland
>> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 6:18 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: fishing spear
>>
>> Can you change the link permissions so we can see it?
>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 5:49 PM Mann, Robbie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello HISTARCH,
>>>
>>> During a recent Archaeological Survey class we recovered an iron
>>> fishing spear from the surface of what appears to be a mid- to late
>>> 19th-/very early 20th-century domestic site on a terrace above the
>>> Mississippi River in Morrison County, Minnesota. The link below is to
>>> an image of the spear we recovered. The site is likely associated with
>>> the 19th-century community of Belle Prairie, which was, at least in
>>> part, an interesting ethnic enclave of French Canadian men, mostly
>>> married to Native American women and their métis families. We do not
>>> currently have much information concerning the occupants for this
>>> site. However, we know that spear fishing was and is an important
>>> activity among many indigenous groups in the Great Lakes region and
>>> was/is also practiced by many Euro Americas as well. While there is
>>> some ethnohistorical (including some great images), ethnographic, and
>>> historical information about spear fishing in the Great Lakes region,
>>> we have yet to uncover much in the way of archaeological evidence for
>>> the practice.  Any information about the type of spear, method of
>>> manufacture (if appears to be hand forged), date, or function is
>>> appreciated. I am also very curious to know if there are other, similar specimens found in archaeological contexts.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Best,
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> *************************************
>>> Rob Mann, Ph. D.
>>> Associate Professor of Anthropology
>>> Department of Anthropology
>>> St. Cloud State University
>>> 252 Stewart Hall
>>> 720 4th Avenue South
>>> St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301
>>> Phone: 320-308-4181
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