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Shell fish hook
Object Number 61-8-70/3941
Display Title Shell fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved iridescent shell hook bound to shank with fiber, cotton line
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Micronesia
Materials Shell, Vegetable fiber, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 8 x 3.2 cm (7 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-8-70/3941
Provenance
Donor Donated by Museum of Science, Boston (1961)

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