Fishing Object
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Summary
: E4626
: World Cultures
: Fishing Object
: Large whale bone body backed with pearl shell. Large barb of turtle shell with hole above its arch. Through the hole and around the body is tied some fibre cord. Woven fibre also extends up the body, loops through another hole at the base of the hook and ties through a hole in the end of the body.
Current Location
: Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific
: Tonga?
: Tonga, Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific: probably
: Hadfield, Mrs E. H: Tonga, Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific: 1923