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Carved Fish Hook

Carved Fish Hook, no date

  • Hawaiian, Oceanian

Tortoise shell

  • Overall: 3 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 inches (8.9 × 4.4 × 1.3 cm)

Gift of Frederick Stearns

99.5B2064

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Frederick Stearns [1831-1907]

1890-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hawaiian, Oceanian, Carved Fish Hook, no date, tortoise shell. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 99.5B2064.

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