Fish Hook

45.53.2

Information

A two-piece hook with a wood shank lined with shell on the inner surface, and a bone point. The shank is inward-curving and has a semi-circular cross-section, tapering to the head. There is a knob at the base. The point has an out curved tip with a barb on the inner surface. There is a bone or whale-tooth pendant, probably a cloak pin, attached to the other end of the twisted fibre line.