fish-hook
- Museum number
- Oc1944,02.616
- Description
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Fish-hook made of fibre (leaf?), thorns.
- Dimensions
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Length: 20 millimetres
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Width: 6 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- 1944 Beasley register:- information in observations column:
'PAMUA, HALL SOUND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Pandanus thorn hooks, formerly used for small fish; to be effective, had to be swallowed whole. The best and largest thorns were obtained from Redscar Bay.
See H.G. Beasley, 'Pacific Islands Records. Fish hooks', p.79
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1944
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1944,02.616
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1944,02.607-616 (Previous group record)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 1037 (Original Beasley Collection Number)