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Fish line & shell hook
Fish line & shell hook
Object Number 67-24-70/624
Display Title Fish line & shell hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook on bundled braided fiber cord, broken tortoiseshell hook, feather, shel
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Vegetable fiber, Shell, Tortoiseshell, Feather
Dimensions Overall: 19.2 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm (7 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 624/ POISON/ Samoa
Provenance
Collector Capt. Charles Wilkes (1838-1842)
Collector U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1867)

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