Meat Hook
Unidentified Fijian maker
possibly collected 1838-1842
Wood and plant fiber
Overall: 10 7/16 × 3 15/16 in. (26.5 × 10 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Possibly acquired in an exchange from the Smithsonian Institution
13.2.660
Geography
Place Made: Fiji, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Processing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Possibly collected by the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842; transferred by order of the United States Congress to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1857; acquired by the Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, in an exchange, 1880's; catalogued, 1913.
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