Fish hook and guard

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Object Number 09-33-70/75407

Display Title Fish hook and guard

Descriptions

Inventory Description Fishhook, carved shell, tied with plant fiber to wood tube, twisted fiber line

Classification

Fishhook

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island

Materials Shell, Wood, Plant fiber

Dimensions Overall: 38 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm (14 15/16 x 15/16 x 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 75407

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