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matau figota

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Fishing hook with line
Dimensions
Height: 2,5 cm
Depth: 3 cm
Width: 19 cm
Material/Technique
Musselshell (Tridacna), Bast , Tortoiseshell, Spring
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 16492

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1898
    where
    Polynesia
    Samoa
  • Collecting
    who
    Fr. Endemann - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Fr Endemann 1898
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
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