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D06178 fishing hook

Two wooden fishing hooks are connected to each other on a small piece of wood by braided coconut fiber. The hooks bend at an angle of about 45 degrees and are also partially wrapped with plant fibers.

Data Provider
Übersee-Museum Bremen Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
fishhooks
Dimensions
General: approx. 15 × 3 × 282 cm
Material/Technique
wood; plant fibre; woven fibre; plant fibre; coconut fibre | carved; braided
Current location
Übersee-Museum Bremen
Inventory number
D06178

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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