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Object Number
67-10-70/247.1
Display Title
Fish hooks
Descriptions
Object Description
Fish hooks made of bone. Composite bait hooks made of bone
Inventory Description
Fishhook, carved barbed bone, bound with wood and vegetable fiber, fiber cord
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1790
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Additional Geographic Terms
Sandwich Islands
Materials
Bone, Vegetable fiber, Wood, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 10.3 x 4.4 x 1.6 cm (4 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
247.1
Provenance
Collector
Capt. James Magee
(1791-1793 - 1794)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-10-70/247 | Fish hooks |
Fishhook
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United States
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| 67-10-70/247.4 | Fish hooks |
Fishhook
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United States
| |
| 67-10-70/247.5 | Fish hooks |
Fishhook
|
United States
| |
| 67-10-70/247.3 | Fish hooks |
Fishhook
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United States
| |
| 76-20-10/10092 | Fish hooks and lines |
Fishhook
|
United States
| |
| 95-20-70/48442 | Bone fish hooks |
Fishhook
|
Hawaii
| |
| 95-20-70/48442.4 | Bone fish hooks |
Fishhook
|
Hawaii
| |
| 95-20-70/48442.3 | Bone fish hooks |
Fishhook
|
Hawaii
| |
| 67-10-70/247.2 | Fish hook |
Fishhook
|
Hawaii
| |
| 17-17-10/87157 | Fish hooks and needles |
Fishhook
|
Gwa I
| |
| 88-51-10/50138 | Package (pouch) wooden fish hooks |
Fishhook
|
Alaska
| |
| 48-51-70/2944 | Tortoise shell fish hooks suspended from cord - worn by men on the head |
Fishhook
|
Yap Islands
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