- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Half shell net sinkers. [MJD 21/05/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Milne Bay Province Samarai Murua District Rogea Island
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1905
- Date collected
- 1904 - 1905
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1905
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Width: max 55 mm, Length: max 78 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1905.63.92.2 Other numbers: Cooke Daniels number 92
Search terms: Fishing, Animalia, Sinker, Shell, Fishing Accessory
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