Fishhook
50-21-159
From: Samoa Islands (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-21-159 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Samoa Islands (uncertain) |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Turtle Shell | Shell | Plant Fiber |
| Description | The hook proper is made of tortoise shell, the stem of pearl (fish-shaped). The lashings and line (not properly attached) are of European material. |
| Length | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles J. Moore, 1950 |
| Other Number | L-9-159 - Other Number |
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