- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fish hook of wooden 'v' shaped with wooden point. A sennit plaited line is bound to the shank. [MJD 30/03/2009]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1896
- Date collected
- 1896
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1906
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Sennit Coconut Fibre Plant, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Width: max 15 mm, Length: max 255 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1906.58.6
Search terms: Fishing, Hook, Fishing Accessory
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