- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pearl shell hook point, perforated. [MJD 17/03/2009]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 10/1873
- Date collected
- 25 October 1873
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1921
- Materials and processes
- Material Pearl Shell, Process Carved, Process Ground, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 59 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1921.93.357
Search terms: Fishing, Fishing Accessory, Hook
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