Alligator hook

Museum number:
3-389
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.18
Description:
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.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Talamanca (canton), Limón Province, Costa Rica
Culture or time period:
Bribri
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishhooks
Accession date:
November 26, 1901
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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