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Fish hook

Solomon Islands
Fish hook
 (early 20th century)

Medium
shell, turtle shell, glass (beads), fibre

Measurements
8.0 × 1.5 × 2.2 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1979
© the artists

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Solomon Islands

Accession Number
O119-1979

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
Hook carved from tortoise shell and attached to a cut section of a shell with fibre cord. Five cream coloured glass beads on one end of the fibre cord.

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