Fishhook
2003-32-311
From: Tuamotu Archipelago
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-32-311 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Tuamotu Archipelago |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Mother-of-Pearl | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Compound fishhook: pearl shell shank, turtle shell hook, with two holes for lashing. Tuamotu Islands? Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900. |
| Height | 3.5 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1993.X.255 - Other Number | CIVIC1993.X.255 - Other Number |
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