Fish hook

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Object Number 29-18-70/D3277

Display Title Fish hook

Descriptions

Inventory Description Fishhook, iridescent shell backing, bone hook attached with fiber cord

Classification

Fishhook

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Zealand
Oceania / United States / Hawaii

Materials Shell, Vegetable fiber, Bone

Dimensions Overall: 10.7 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm (4 3/16 x 1 x 11/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object D/ 3277/ 92

Provenance

Collector Dr. J. B. S. Jackson (1870)

Donor Dr. Robert T. Jackson (1929)

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