Fishing Line

Hook

2003-43-219

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-219
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Bone | Bark | Vegetable Fiber
Technique Lashed
Description

Fish hook consisting of a piece of curved bone, possibly a tooth lashed with vegetable fiber between two pieces of wood; bark lashings secure the top of the wooden pieces to a vegetable fiber line.

Length 127 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.219 - Other Number

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