fish-hook
- Museum number
- Oc1903,0404.27
- Description
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Fish-hook, shank and point made of pieces of bone, cemented together by a ball of 'porcupine' grass resin. To the end of shank is cemented by the same resin a four-ply fur cord attached to a two-ply grass string.
- Production date
- 1903 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 25.50 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- MSS 14
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1972-1982 23 Jun-28 Feb, London, BM, Museum of Mankind, The Aborigines of Australia
- Acquisition date
- 1903
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1903,0404.27