- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fishing line of plaited sinew [SM (Verve) 03/06/2014]
- Geographical reference
- Tierra Del Fuego Abemama
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1895
- Date collected
- By 1895
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1895
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Sinew, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 140 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1895.12.1
Search terms: Fishing, Specimen, Line, Fishing Accessory
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