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Fishing line with sinew noose
Fishing line with sinew noose
Object Number 17-20-30/F113
Display Title Fishing line with sinew noose
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hook, line and sinker, braided sinew line, looped sinew hook, stone sinker
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yahgan?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Argentina / Tierra del Fuego
Materials Sinew, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 42.7 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm (16 13/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object F-113

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