Iron fish hook and plant fibre line wrapped around a wooden stick. [MJD 22/05/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Iron fish hook and plant fibre line wrapped around a wooden stick. [MJD 22/05/2009]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Queensland
Person: Field collector Samuel Sheppard; PRM source Samuel Sheppard
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Purchased: 08/1914
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Twisted, Process Bound
Dimensions: Diameter: max 65 mm, Length: max 140 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1914.69.18 Other numbers: 1914.ß.286
Research and responses: On Tuesday 1 September 1914 while in Brisbane, Australia as part of the British Association for the Advancement of Science trip, Henry Balfour records in his diary: 'Found a shop with some interesting native curios (Samuel Sheppard, 201 Albert Str.) + bought several things.' [CRFW 27/1/2003, JC 24 5 2013]

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