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Object Number
00-8-70/55500
Display Title
Shell fish hooks
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fishhook, carved, worked shell, curved, shell hook tied at one end with fiber, b
Classification
- Fishhook
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ralik Chain
/
Jaluit Atoll
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber, Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 10.3 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm (4 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
55500
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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