Fishhook

2003-33-131

From: New Guinea (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-33-131
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Materials Bone | Turtle Shell | Plant Fiber
Description

Composite lure fishhook. Bone shank, turtle shell point lashed on with plant fiber. See Phelps, Pl. 158, #1021 and p. 433. Finschhaven?

Height 2.8 cm
Length 8.6 cm
Width 1.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1993.X.245 - Other Number | CIVIC1993.X.245 - Other Number

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