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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Oceanic; Micronesian
Title:Fish Hook
Type:Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Materials:shell and natural fibers
Place Made:Oceania; Micronesia; Caroline Islands; Kusaie (Kosrae)
Accession Number:  MH SK L.G.2
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE:
An elaborate South Sea Island fish hook, consisting of a flat mother of pearl shaft, with a bunch of thin, flat, wavy strands of grass attached to the end as a bait and a vicious, sharp pointed, curved, mother of pearl hook, also attached to the end. From Kusaie, one of the Caroline Islands.
Length of shaft: 4 1/4" Length of bait: 3" Length of hook: 2 1/2". Cat. 7/22/1934.

Tags:
indigenous people; fishing

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