- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fishing hook, made from a plant thorn. [SM 26/05/2011]
- Cultural groups
- French
- Person
- Field collector Edward Lovett
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1933
- Date collected
- By 1933
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Thorn, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 17 mm, Length: max 19 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.51.1076 Other numbers: A 162557 M HH C lot 195
Search terms: Religion, Fishing, Amulet, Fishing Accessory
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