Fishhook
Unidentified maker (Solomon Islands)
Shell and vegetable fiber cord
Overall: 4 5/16 × 3 1/8 × 9/16 in. (11 × 8 × 1.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
53.65.13198
Geography
Place Made: Santa Cruz Islands, Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
The Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; received by present collection in an exchange, 1953.
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