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Object Number 00-8-70/55479
Display Title Shell fish hooks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved shell, shell hook tied at one end with fiber, bark fringe
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands / Ratak Chain / Likiep Atoll
Dimensions Overall: 16.3 x 5.3 x 2.7 cm (6 7/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 55479
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (01/19/1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (01/19/1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (01/19/1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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