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Wood and bone fish hook
Object Number 67-10-10/26478
Display Title Wood and bone fish hook
Descriptions
Object Description Wood and bone fish hook
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved wood and bone hook, baleen line, mended, lashed
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood, Bone, Baleen
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 1.9 x 0.8 cm (3 1/8 x 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 26478
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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