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Object Number 61-8-70/3942
Display Title Shell fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved shell back, shell hook tied with bark fiber, bark fringe
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Micronesia
Materials Shell, Bark
Dimensions Overall: 8.7 x 4 x 2.3 cm (3 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 61-8-70/3942

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