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Fish hook
Object Number 00-8-70/55354
Display Title Fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Lure, tortoise shell hook bound to bone and shell base, braided coiled fiber cor
Classification
  • Lure
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga / <State> / Tongatapu island
Additional Geographic Terms Tongatapu Group
Materials Bone, Tortoiseshell, Vegetable fiber, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 6.1 x 3.2 cm (10 1/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55354/ Tongahi/ Nov 30 1899
Credit Line Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1900
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (1899-1900)
Donor Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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