FMNH 273364.nosub[1]

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [TOP MARGIN] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | Catalogue No. 273364 | ENT | Accession No. 2616 | Field Catalogue No. FC- 5133 | Negative No. | Sub. Ind. No. 51-13 [MAIN BODY] General Provenience: Polynesia Easter Island | Where Collected: Easter Island | Where Made: | Attribution: | Tribe: | People: | Culture: | Brief description: Fishhook | Detailed description: Small bone fishhook found in a burial cave with CNHM cat. nos. 273363 and 273365 through 273369. | See reverse | Dimensions (in cm): | Length: 3.1 | Width: 1.8 | Height: | Circumference: | Diameter: | Fuller Collection: Purchased from Captain A.W.F. Fuller of London, England, in 1958 | P.H. Edmunds 1919-25. Unearthed in a burial cave. Illustrated in H.G. Beasley's "Pacific Island Records- (over) [BACK] Fish Hooks", p. 55, pl. 92. | 273364
Catalog Number: 273364.nosub[1]
Description: fishhook
Materials: bone
Cultural Attribution: Easter Islander
Accession Number: [2616] A. W. F. Fuller (Purchase)
Accession Year: 1958
Other Numbers: FC 5133, 745
Collector/Source: Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller, Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller
EMu IRN: 1182276
GUID: 734c835a-847a-4dfc-bdd5-dfb52208aed2

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