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Hook for sharks
Object Number 33-32-70/115
Display Title Hook for sharks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved bone, barbed, step notched end
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands / Ratak Chain
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 21.2 x 5.2 x 1.4 cm (8 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object VI. 23928./ 33-32/70/ 115/ Nordl.Ratak./ Fran Brandeis./ 1905.
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eugen Brandeis
Collector Antonie Brandeis
Seller Antonie Brandeis

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