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1900.46.17.2

Ovoid stone sinker with hole carved into one end, for halibut hook [1900.46.17 .1]. [MJD 26/06/2009]

1900.46.17.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ovoid stone sinker with hole carved into one end, for halibut hook [1900.46.17 .1]. [MJD 26/06/2009]
Cultural groups
Danish
Person
Field collector Thomas Nelson Annandale
PRM source Thomas Nelson Annandale
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1900
Date collected
1900
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Carved, Process Drilled
Dimensions
Diameter: max 82 mm, Length: max 133 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.46.17.2
Research and responses

For the donor's account of his visit to Føroyar [the Faroe Islands], see The Faroes and Iceland: Studies in Island Life, by Thomas Annandale (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905). [JC 4 12 2014]

Search terms: Fishing, Fishing Accessory, Hook, Sinker

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