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Image Not Available for Shell and tortoise shell fish hook with line attched (belong in box +
Shell and tortoise shell fish hook with line attched (belong in box +
Image Not Available for Shell and tortoise shell fish hook with line attched (belong in box +
Object Number 48-51-70/2977
Display Title Shell and tortoise shell fish hook with line attched (belong in box +
Descriptions
Object Description Shell and tortoise shell fish hook with line attched (belong in box +
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Yap Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands

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Shell and tortoise shell fish hook with line attched (belong in box +
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