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Object Number
00-8-70/55433
Display Title
Wooden shark hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishhook, carved wood, V shape, barbed, twisted fiber line
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tuvalu
/
<State>
/
Funafuti Island
Materials
Wood, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 25.5 x 10.5 x 2.5 cm (10 1/16 x 4 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55433
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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