Fishhooks

Description
Thirteen fishhooks. Fishhooks 1.) - 4.) are composite fishhooks made up of pearl shell, turtle shell, fibre rope and beads. 5.) A composite fishhook made up of pearl shell, turtle shell and fibre rope. 6.) A turtle shell fishhook. 7.) A pearl shell fishhook. 8.) A trochus shell fishhook. Fishooks 9.)-12.) are composite fishhooks made up of pearl shell, turtle shell and fibre rope. 13.) composite fishhooks made up of pearl shell, turtle shell, fibre rope and beads.
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Production place
Oceania/Melanesia/Solomon Islands
Classification
Fishing & Trapping T&E/T&E For Materials
Accession number
A72.983
Collection type
Ethnology
Social History
Material
Pearl
Turtle Shell
Plant Fibre
Beads

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