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Fish hook
Object Number 09-33-70/75408
Display Title Fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook and line, carved shell on twisted fiber cordage, attached with wire
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / Wuvulu Island
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / Manus Province / Matty Island
Materials Vegetable fiber, Shell, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 8 x 2.5 cm (9 13/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75408/ 101-45
Provenance
Collector George A. Dorsey (1908)
Donor Donated by Dr. John C. Phillips (1909)

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