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Object Number
54-5-70/3606
Display Title
Fish hook?
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishhook, ovate perforated shell back, curved hook bound with fiber cord, fringe
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Shell, Vegetable fiber, Mother of pearl
Dimensions
Overall: 10.8 x 2.2 x 5.9 cm (4 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
54-5-70/3606
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Lloyd Vernon Briggs
(1881-1882)
Donor
Dr. Lloyd Cabot Briggs
(Sept. 14, 1954)
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