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Object Number
47-54-70/2656
Display Title
Unfinished one-piece hook with point broken - illustrating use of bone+
Descriptions
Object Description
Unfinished one-piece hook with point broken - illustrating use of bone of extinct moa in manufacture of fish hooks
Inventory Description
Fishhook, curved bone, u-shaped, flat, broken point
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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New Zealand
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Kaikai's Beach
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 3.5 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-54-70/2656 / D.46.200 / K.B.
Provenance
Exchange participant
Otago Museum
(1947)
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