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fish-hook
Object Type
fish-hook
Museum number
Oc1944,02.604
Description
Fish-hook made of turtle-shell, vegetable fibre.
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Rev Harry Moore Dauncey
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Hall Sound
Materials
turtle-shell
fibre
Dimensions
Length:
4.50 centimetres
(hook)
Width:
2 centimetres
(hook)
Curator's comments
Fish-hooks Oc1944,02.604 to 606 are mounted on a piece of cardboard by the Beasley Collection. It is marked in handwriting: NEW GUINEA. PAMUA. HALL SOUND, collected by Rev. H.M Dauncey L.M.S. Hooks called NAKU BEASLEY Coll. No.1037
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Irene Marguerite Beasley
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Harry Geoffrey Beasley
Previous owner/ex-collection:
London Missionary Society
Acquisition date
1944
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Oc1944,02.604
Additional IDs
Previous owner/ex-collection number:
1037
(Original Beasley Collection Number)