Fishhook

2003-43-212

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-212
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Iron | Plant Fiber | Lead
Technique Carved | Forged | Braided
Description

Braided vegetable fiber line wrapped around a wooden stick notched at each end; a barbed iron hook embedded in a bell-shaped lead sinker is attached to the bottom of the line.

Length 52.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.212 - Other Number | 361/54 - Other Number | 85 - Other Number

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