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Object Number 99-1-70/52223
Display Title Fishhook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Lure, bone barb attached to shell base with braided fiber binding, hair on head
Classification
  • Lure
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Dimensions Overall: 27.5 x 5.6 x 2.6 cm (10 13/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52223
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ballestier
Donor Donated by Heirs of Warren Delano (1899)

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