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Fishing line and hook
Fishing line and hook
Object Number 99-15-70/53939
Display Title Fishing line and hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook on bundled cotton cord, shell back, tortoiseshell hook, feather tufts
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand / <State> / Tokelau Island
Materials Cotton, Shell, Tortoiseshell, Feather, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 5.8 x 2 cm (5 1/8 x 2 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53939
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1898-1899 - 1899)

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