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Object Number
00-8-70/55432
Display Title
Shell fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishhook, carved shell, flattened, circular
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tuvalu
/
<State>
/
Funafuti Island
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 2.6 x 2.8 x 0.4 cm (1 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55432
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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