Artifact Number:
 C.03400

Object:
Fishhook blank
Makau

Material:
 Bone

Dimensions:
 18 x 3 cm

Origin:
 Kahoolawe, Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 This is a fishhook blank cut transversely for fishhook manufacturing. It is said to be made of a left human femur bone. This was found at a Kamohio Bay shrine.



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