Fishhook
Unidentified Tongan maker
Shell, horn, wood, and fiber
Overall: 2 3/4 × 1 3/16 × 9/16 in. (7 × 3 × 1.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont
999.44.33932
Geography
Place Made: Tonga, Polynesia, Oceania
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Inscriptions
no inscription
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