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D06180 fishing hook

A comparatively large wooden fishhook is wrapped with braided coconut fiber. The hook bends at an angle of about 45 degrees and is also partially wrapped with plant fibers.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
fishhooks
Dimensions
General: 28 × 14 × 2.5 cm
Material/Technique
wood; coconut fibre; flax [?] | carved; plaited
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D06180

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1800-1905 (?)
    where
    Tokelau
Secondary literature
Objekt im Projekt "Oceania Collection Voyages" (Facebook), letzter Zugriff: 05.01.2024
https://www.facebook.com/people/Oceania-Collection-Voyages/100083002609221/

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Legal status metadata
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