Flint fish-hook

Made:
England and Suffolk

Flint fish-hook, incomplete tip missing, probably neolithic, dates uncertain, tied to card backing, from Suffolk, probably English

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A680983
Materials:
flint, card, backing and cotton, thread
Measurements:
card: length 66 mm
card: width 51 mm
length 39 mm
width 12 mm
thickness 7 mm
type:
fish hooks

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