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Hook and lines for eel fishing
Hook and lines for eel fishing
Object Number 37-98-70/780
Display Title Hook and lines for eel fishing
Descriptions
Indigenous Term nro-o baewa
Inventory Description Fishhooks, two iron hooks with bundle of twisted plant fiber line
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Plant fiber, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 44.1 x 94 x 2.4 cm (17 3/8 x 37 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/780

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