Fishhook
Fishing Line
2003-43-218
From: Siberia | Amur River
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 2003-43-218 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Siberia | Amur River |
Culture Area | Siberia |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Bone |
Technique | Carved | Lashed |
Description | Fish hook consisting of small piece of carved bone lashed with vegetable fiber onto a match stick size piece of wood; a delicate vegetable fiber line is attached to top of stick. |
Length | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1899.1.218 - Other Number |
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