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Object Number
67-10-70/26472
Display Title
Fish hook of tortoise shell and shell
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishhook, bundled twisted fiber cord with tortoiseshell hook fiber bound to shel
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
/
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Tokelau Island
Materials
Shell, Fiber, Tortoiseshell
Dimensions
Overall: 12.8 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm (5 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
26.472
Provenance
Collector
Capt. James Magee
(ca.1790)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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