Fishhook of Shell
Unidentified maker (Solomon Islands)
collected about 1943
Shell, plant fiber, tortoise shell hook
Overall: 2 3/8 × 9/16 × 1 in. (6 × 1.5 × 2.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Normand J. Brule
53.48.12910
Geography
Place Made: Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by N. J. Brule, White River Junction, Vermont, in the Solomon Island (during service in World War II), about 1943; given to present collection, 1953.
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