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Object Number 00-8-70/55410
Display Title Fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, calcite shaft, tapered, perforated, bone point tied with fiber
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Nauru Island
Dimensions Overall: 7.5 x 1.5 x 3 cm (2 15/16 x 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55410
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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