Accession No
1921.565.73
Description
Fish-hook of shell with turtle shell point.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Bourne.Edmond [Brother] [collector]; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1921.565.73
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Turtle-shell; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
8mm x 20mm x 55mm
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: '21.565.73' inscribed in black ink on the objet.
Event Date 25/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Small fish-hook formed of a shank of shell and a point of turtle shell (incurving), lashed together with plant fibre and provided with a small fibre hackle.
Event Date 25/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:264890
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