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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 6 fish hooks

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
WORLDWIDE: LOT of 6 fish hooks
SOLD
180.00USD+ (36.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Jan 21 @ 20:44UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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WORLDWIDE: LOT of 6 fish hooks, Opitz (2011) p.228-29 (plate examples), including Brazil: 2 metal fish hooks used on the Amazon; Tonga: an iron hook (3cm) made from a nail introduced to the islands through trade with the British, also used as currency; and United States: 2 large Alaskan wooden halibut hooks (15.5cm, 13cm) bound with a bone spike, and a smaller hook carved from bone (5.5cm) likely from the Alaskan Arctic; retail value $300, lot of 6 pieces, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).