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Fish hook
Object Number 78-50-10/15382
Display Title Fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, carved bone point lashed to curved wood head with reed, sinew line
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Washington
Additional Geographic Terms Puget Sound
Materials Wood, Bone, Reed, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 14.6 x 9.8 x 1.4 cm (5 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15382
Provenance
Collector Dr. David Mack, Jr. (? - 1878)
Donor Dr. David Mack, Jr. (? - 1878)

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