- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fishing line with a number of thorn hooks and two wooden sticks. [MJD 12/05/2009]
- Geographical reference
- England Essex Southend on Sea Leigh-on-sea
- Cultural groups
- English
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector William Cliffe Foley Anderson
- PRM source William Cliffe Foley Anderson
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1907
- Date collected
- By 1907
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 12/1907 Exchanged: 1925
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Thorn, Material String, Material Wood Plant, Process Tied, Process Twisted, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 130 mm, Length: max 290 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1907.43.2
Search terms: Fishing, Line, Hook, Fishing Accessory, Float
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