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Fish hook
Object Number 67-10-10/251
Display Title Fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved wood shaft, ovoid, modified claw hook, reed-lashed
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Date before ca. 1790
Culture
  • Nootka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Vancouver Island
Materials Wood, Animal claw, Reed
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 9.2 x 1.6 cm (5 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 251
Provenance
Collector Capt. James Magee (1791-1793 - 1794)
Donor Donated by Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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