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Artifact Number:
 03779

Object:
FISHHOOK, METAL
Makau

Material:
 Metal (iron), plant (olona fiber)

Dimensions:
 

Origin:
 Hawaii (Big Island), Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 One-Piece Metal Fishhooks. Makau Lauhulu from S. Kona, Hawaii. (Emerson) Flat iron. Point: slightly curved with inner barb; length 6 cm. Shank: length 8.15 cm, width 4.65 cm. Four-ply line. Figure 146. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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