Physical Description
A bone fish hook and line. A section of bone has a small pointed barb set in beeswax attached to one end. A section of line is detached, the light rope attached to vegetable fibre string that would have been wound around the opposite end.
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Object/Medium
Hook
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Object Measurements
110 mm (Length), 75 mm (Width), 40 mm (Height)
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Collecting Areas
Australian Indigenous - Northern Australia and Queensland and Torres Strait Islands