Fish hook?

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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
Oceania / Marshall Islands

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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