Fishing Implement
Fishhook
2003-43-217
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 2003-43-217 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
| Culture Area | Siberia |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber | Iron |
| Technique | Forged |
| Description | Fishing stick consists of a crooked twig to the narrow end of which is attached a long line of vegetable fiber; excess line wrapped around top half of stick; a very long iron hook is attached to end of line. |
| Length | 52.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1899.1.217 - Other Number | 82 (Civic Center, 1957) - Other Number |
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