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Fish hook and line
Object Number 00-8-70/55434
Display Title Fish hook and line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved shell, shell hook attached with twisted cotton cord, feather
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tuvalu / <State> / Funafuti Island
Materials Shell, Cotton, Feather
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm (3 3/8 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55434
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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