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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Abalone fishhook, accession number 1-19430, described as Half ring of abalone.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Alligator hook, accession number 3-389, described as Alligator hook; used for catching alligators; made of wild palm wood. They bait one end and when small string breaks the jaws are held open until drowned.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Baked clay object, accession number 1-230011, described as Net sinker fragment
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-4462, described as Fish hook for small fish (tomcod), compound ivory hook with 4 curved ivory points. Baleen or bird quill leader.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 23-96, described as Carved wooden fish hook.
Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-19447, described as Fish hook, made with wooden shank, bone barb, and string.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 1-14150, described as Double-barbed fishhook of bone, fastened together with pitch, native string.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-16899, described as Ivory fish hook with 4 metal curved points. Attached by cotton string to ivory weight with inlaid eyes.
Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 1-22553, described as Abalone shell
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 1-14149, described as Double-barbed fishhook of bone, fastened together with pitch, native string.

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