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Pima people, Native American

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Halibut hook carving made of yew wood to represent the head and tail of an otter, the tail being shown by five incised lines. The piece is somewhat weathered. In the line hole were a wood plug and fragments of a spruce root line so the hook is an old-timer.
Artist-manipulated digitally reproduced photograph by C.M. (Charles Milton) Bell; subject is Bia Eélisaash/Large Stomach Woman (Pregnant Woman) / Two Belly seated, half-length profile. Elements of regalia outlined in red and text annotations in red radiate from figure.
Crudely made, several strands of red-dyed bark produce colored bands. Hole in the bottom.
Truncated cone shape, the flat top showing the 4 wide (5/8") strips of bark used as a foundation. The weaving is double, the inside much coarser than the outside.