Physical Object / Fishhooks and Net Weight

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Title: Fishhooks and Net Weight
Creator: Chumash
Date Created and/or Issued: No date
Publication Information: Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution: Museum of Ventura County
Collection: Object Collection
Rights Information: Museum of Ventura County. All rights reserved.
Description: Barb section of a composite fishhook made of bone. Mussel-shell fishhook; circular with parallel grooved shank; notch runs parallel to the length; rounded and deep on one face; found and taken from Rincon Point in the 1960s. Donated to the Museum. Abalone shell fishhook; circular with grooved shank. Worn, rounded groove forms notched end; diagonal from outer edge upward to inside top edge; found and taken from Rincon Point in the 1960s. Donated to the Museum.
Type: physical object
Identifier: Accession No.: 1913-1.146
Accession No.: 1991-54.1
Accession No.: 1991-54.2
Subject: Chumash Indians--Material culture
Chumash Indians--Fishing
Place: California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Santa Barbara County (Calif.)

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