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Fishing line and hook
Fishing line and hook
Object Number 09-33-70/75406
Display Title Fishing line and hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved shell attached to cylindrical stick with fiber, broken line
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Materials Shell, Vegetable fiber, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm (13 x 1 5/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75406
Provenance
Collector George A. Dorsey (1908)
Donor Donated by Dr. John C. Phillips (1909)

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