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Object Number 47-73-70/2900.3
Display Title Fishhooks - shell and bone
Descriptions
Object Description Fishhooks - shell and bone
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved tortoise shell, barbed
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Ugi
Materials Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 5.6 x 3 x 0.5 cm (2 3/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-73-70/2900.3

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