19th C Marshall Islands MoP Fish Hook With a card collection label from Tost & Rohu, 'Fishing hook made from MoP shell used by natives for catching barracuda, dolphin and bonito fish, Namerak and Ebon Marshall Islands'. (L14cm)
PROVENANCE: From the collection of Sir Edward Ford, Dean Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney; Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.