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Fish hook
Object Number 03-1-70/62737
Display Title Fish hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, white and brown mottled shell shaft, barbed tortoise shell hook, fiber
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Caroline Islands
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Tuamotu Islands?
Materials Shell, Vegetable fiber, Tortoiseshell
Dimensions Overall: 14.4 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm (5 11/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 03-1-70/62737
Provenance
Collector Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow

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