Accession No

1921.565.74


Description

Small 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

1921.565.74


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Turtle-shell; Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements

8mm x 16mm x 60mm


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: '21.565.74.' inscribed in black ink on the object.
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, lashed together with plant fibre and provided with a fibre hackle.
Event Date 25/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:264891

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