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Fish hook
Object Number 00-8-70/55352
Display Title Fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, bone shank, shell back, carved hook, twisted cordage end with two bone tubes
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Tongatapu island
Additional Geographic Terms Tongatapu Group
Materials Shell, Fiber, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8 x 3.5 x 2 cm (3 1/8 x 1 3/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55352 / Tongatapu / #w30,1899
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1890)
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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