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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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