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Object Number 2004.24.7304
Display Title Bone Awls and Wood Fishhooks
Descriptions
Subject
  • Artifact
  • Expedition
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Guanche
  • Amazigh
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Spain / Canary Islands / Tenerife / Santa Cruz / Tenerife

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Fishhooks - shell and bone
47-73-70/2900.1 Fishhooks - shell and bone
Fishhook
Ugi
Fishhooks - shell and bone
47-73-70/2900 Fishhooks - shell and bone
Fishhook
Ugi
Fishhooks - shell and bone
47-73-70/2900.3 Fishhooks - shell and bone
Fishhook
Ugi
Fishhooks - shell and bone
47-73-70/2900.2 Fishhooks - shell and bone
Fishhook
Ugi
Fishhooks, small iron hooks, tops wrapped with fiber cord
2003.1.2642 Fishhooks, small iron hooks, tops wrapped with fiber cord
Fishhook
Africa
4 small shell fishhooks - in bamboo case
47-73-70/2899 4 small shell fishhooks - in bamboo case
Fishhook
Ugi
Fishhooks made from porcupine quills - strung on wooden ladder-like carrier
37-32-50/2476 Fishhooks made from porcupine quills - strung on wooden ladder-like carrier
Fishhook
Raw Material
Cameroon
Bone Awls
2004.24.7301 Bone Awls
Tenerife
Bone Awls
2004.24.7305 Bone Awls
Tenerife
Bone awls and bodkins
2004.24.7799 Bone awls and bodkins
Utah
Organic, three wood perforators (awls or fish spears), one with area of loss and one broken
60-34-10/38976 Organic, three wood perforators (awls or fish spears), one with area of loss and one broken
Perforator
Wakulla County
Worked animal bone awls and awl fragments, one with incised decoration; three fragments crossmend
63-4-10/40288 Worked animal bone awls and awl fragments, one with incised decoration; three fragments crossmend
Perforator
Turpin Homestead Site; Ohio State Site # 33HA28 (105; 19)