Fishhook
Unidentified Samoan maker
Shell, iron, string and fiber
Overall: 3 1/8 × 1 1/4 × 1/2 in. (7.9 × 3.1 × 1.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont
999.44.33930
Geography
Place Made: Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on object, in graphite, samoa 9
Provenance
Collection history unknown; 1999 gift to Dartmouth College from the Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont.
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