- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Latex for coating fish hooks. Oblong in shape. Brown in colour with white deposit on the surface. There is a seam on the surface running along the length. [AF [OPS Move] 31/10/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Venezuela Orinoco River basin
- Cultural groups
- Sanumá
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1980
- Date collected
- 1979 - 1980
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1981
- Materials and processes
- Material Resin Plant
- Dimensions
- Length: max 161 mm, Width: max 46 mm, Depth: max 43 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1981.33.101 Other numbers: 97
Search terms: Fishing, Specimen, Plant, Fishing Accessory
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