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Fishhook and line
Object Number 00-8-70/55646
Display Title Fishhook and line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, bone barb attached to alabaster base with fiber binding, attached twisted cordage line is coiled, tuft of plant fiber at end
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Nauru Island
Materials Alabaster , Bone , Fiber
Dimensions Overall (Measurment reflects hook and coiled line): 11 × 7 × 2.7 cm (4 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55646; 119-44

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