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Object Number 00-8-70/55657
Display Title Wooden shark hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook?, wood, rope attached, plant fiber cordage wrapping near point
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati / Gilbert Islands / Marakei Island
Dimensions Overall: 24.1 x 12.5 x 2.8 cm (9 1/2 x 4 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55657

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