Accession No
1921.565.72
Description
Fish-hook of shell with a turtle-shell point.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Bourne.Edmond [Brother] [collector]; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1921.565.72
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Turtle-shell; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
10mm x 21mm x 72mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The Accession Register notes ‘Edward Bourne’ as the source, whilst the 1921 Annual Report notes that the Bourne Collection was received ‘through Baron A. von Hugel’. Catalogue card reads: “D. E. Bourne per A.v.H.”
Event Date 22/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card: '[one of] 9 shell fish hooks'.
Event Date 22/11/2007
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '21.565.72.' written in black ink on the object.
Event Date 25/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Small fish-hook formed of a shell shank and a turtle-shell point, lashed together with plant fibre and provided with two hackles of plant fibre.
Event Date 25/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:264889
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