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Object Number
00-8-70/55407
Display Title
Shell fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishhook, curved shell hook wrapped with fiber, twisted cordage line
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Shell, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 4.5 x 2 cm (3 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55407
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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