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Object Number
970-29-70/4793
Display Title
Bonito hook ("aberama") made of clam shell and turtle carapace.
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishhook, carved shell back with tortoise shell hook tied with plant fiber cord
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Malaita, North; Lau Lagoon; Foueda village
Materials
Shell, Tortoiseshell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 5.7 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm (2 1/4 x 1 1/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
970-29-70/4793
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