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Object Number 14-23-70/85642
Display Title Cuttle fish lure
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishing tool, layers of mottled shell sewn with twisted fiber cord on wood shaft
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 7.3 x 7.2 cm (13 x 2 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85642
Provenance
Donor Mrs. G. P. Bradley (1914)

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