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Fragment of stone fish hook
Fragment of stone fish hook
Object Number 05-2-70/64862
Display Title Fragment of stone fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stone tool, elbow shaped, both ends cut or broken, polished surface
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1904
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5.7 x 3.4 x 1.7 cm (2 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64862
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (12/20/1904)
Expedition Albatross Expedition (1904-1905)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (04/1905)

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