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Fishing hook and line
Fishing hook and line
Object Number 99-15-70/53925
Display Title Fishing hook and line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, tortoiseshell and white shell hook, feather tufts, braided fiber bundl
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Vegetable fiber, Shell, Feather, Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 5 x 2.3 cm (8 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53925/ 99-15-70/53925
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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