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fishhooks (Fishing Object)

Two fishhooks of three mentioned in register. Almost identical. Both have shell bodies and tortoisesehll hooks but one is slightly bigger than the other. Hooks are attached by fibre cord strung through a hole in each hook and tied tightly around the shell body.The bigger has 2 white, two red and 1 blue beads on the end. The smaller has 4 blue, 1 red beads on the end. The 3rd hook transferred to 8696.

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