- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fish hook of shell bound and tied to a string line. [MJD 23/03/2009]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- Prior to 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Material String, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 80 mm, Width: max 55 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.11.52 PR no.: ? 635/ 12191
Search terms: Fishing, Hook, Line, Fishing Accessory
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