Fishhook
2003-33-131
From: New Guinea (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| 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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