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Fishhook, iron, bone and stone
Fishhook, iron, bone and stone
Object Number 67-10-10/26477.1
Display Title Fishhook, iron, bone and stone
Descriptions
Object Description Fishhook, iron, bone and stone
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved bone, hafted and lashed to stone w/ sinew, iron nail for hook
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Bone, Stone, Iron, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 10.4 x 3.5 x 2 cm (4 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 26477, 1322
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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