Cuttle fish lure

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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

Materials Shell, Wood, Vegetable fiber

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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