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Fish hook (Shark Hook)

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NameFish hook (Shark Hook)

ProductionSolomon Islands

Classificationfishhooks

Materialswood, sennit

Registration NumberFE006434

Credit lineGift of Wellington College, 1973

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Category

Intended for: Fishing
fishing
Made of: wood
sennit
Type of: fishhooks
Depicts: Fishhooks
Fishing lures
Influenced by: Melanesian
Oceanic
Solomon Islander

Place

Made in: Solomon Islands
Influenced by: Solomon Islands