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1901.43.24

Fishing line sinker. Stone with one flat side and the other convex with deep groove running the length of both the upper and lower surface. [ZM 17/5/2004]

1901.43.24

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fishing line sinker. Stone with one flat side and the other convex with deep groove running the length of both the upper and lower surface. [ZM 17/5/2004]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1901
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Donated: 13/12/1901
Materials and processes
Material Stone, Process Grooved
Dimensions
Width: max 70 mm, Length: max 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1901.43.24
Research and responses

For photographs of sinkers similar to this see STONE IMPLEMENTS AND STONE WORK OF THE ANCIENT HAWAIIANS, by William T. Brigham (Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1902). Copy in Balfour Library. [ZM 20/5/2004]

Search terms: Fishing, Sinker, Fishing Accessory