Accession No
Z 297
Description
Fish Hook - Unfinished pearl-shell fish-hook.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 297; MAA: Z 297
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Unfinished pearl-shell fish-hook.
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 297. ?Solomon Is. Unfinished pearl-shell fish-hook. Rivers' Coll.' [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
Metal-rimmed tag attached to object reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 297 SOLOMON IS FISH HOOK UNFINISHED RIVERS COLL.' [Heather Donoghue 13.06.2012]
Event Date 29/5/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (CMS Description)
Unfinished fishing lure made from pearl shell; plain shank with a brown patina on one side. A hole is drilled laterally through the thicker top section. [Heather Donoghue 13.06.2012]
Event Date 29/5/2013
Author: maa
FM:265858
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