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Object Number 2004.1.564
Display Title Fishhook?, carved wood, five barbs, one broken
Descriptions
Object Description Fishhook?, carved wood, five barbs, one broken
Inventory Description Fishhook?, carved wood, five barbs, one broken
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 5.9 x 3.6 x 4 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2004.1.564

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