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Object Number 00-8-70/55440
Display Title Fish hook and line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Lure, bone barb attached to shell base with braided fiber binding, hair on head
Classification
  • Lure
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Tuamotu Islands
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 4.6 x 6.8 cm (8 1/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55440
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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