Octopus Hook Sinker
97-120-467C
From: United States of America | Hawaiian Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 97-120-467C |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hawaiian |
| Provenience | United States of America | Hawaiian Islands |
| Culture Area | Oceania | Polynesia |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Stone |
| Description | Wooden hook (A) with fibre lure attached to large shell (B) and sinker (C). The sinker is a flat oval pebble with lengthwise groove. |
| Length | 9 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Thickness | 2.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-120-467C - Old Museum Number | 29712 - ANSP Number |
Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.