fish-hook
- Museum number
- Am1958,03.59.j
- Description
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Fish-hook made of gold or tumbaga by hammering, of pale-yellow colour.
- Production date
- 900-1600
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.90 centimetres
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Width: 0.50 centimetres
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Depth: 0.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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For metallurgical information see: Meeks, Niegel. 1998. Pre-Hispanic goldwork in the British Museum's collection: Some Recent Technological Studies. Boletin Museo del Oro, No. 44-45, pp 159-182. Bogota: Banco de la Republica.
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Register 1958:
Dredged up from the CAUCA river between POPAYAN and CALLE, COLOMBIA, S. Am.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1958,03.59.j