Lancet or fish hook with shark's tooth point and wooden handle with fibre loop

Made:
1881-1915
Lancet or fish hook with shark's tooth point and wooden handle

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Lancet or fish hook with shark's tooth point and wooden handle
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Lancet or fish hook with shark's tooth point and wooden handle with fibre loop, from Gilbert Islands, 1881-1915

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A7598
Materials:
teeth, shark's, wood and fibre
type:
lancets
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)