Fishhook
Fishing Line
65-10-34
From: Peru | Rio Curanja
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Xeamati |
| Object Number | 65-10-34 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cashinahua |
| Provenience | Peru | Rio Curanja |
| Culture Area | Amazonia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cord | Cotton | Bone |
| Description | Heavy twisted cord, looped at one end and knotted; white cotton strings passed through loop, looped around hook and tightly bound; hook cut from armadillo bone and sharpened. Used in deep pool fishing for all large fish. |
| Length | 188 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Kenneth M. Kensinger, 1965 |
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