Fishing Line Float

Fishing Line Float

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Fishing Line Float
CultureChinchorro
Titles
  • Fishing Line Float
Date6000–5000 BC
PlaceChile
MediumWood and cotton string
DimensionsOverall: 5 7/8 × 5/8 × 3/8 in. (15 × 1.5 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of David Bernstein in memory of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2011.1084
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, until 2011]; given to MFAH, 2011.

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