Line of FIshing Barbs
date: label: date made
content: 1890s
notes: label: Description
content: Metal barbs encased in small balls of cement which are attached to a line. These were used for fishing. These were collected by Walter Hough at the 1892 Columbian Historical Exposition in Madrid and sold to the US National Museum.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: France
label: Associated Place
content: Spain: Comunidad de Madrid
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Fishing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.26981.02
label: accession number
content: 26981
label: catalog number
content: 26981.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: barbs, fishing
label: Object Name
content: line, barb
label: Object Name
content: line, fishing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: string (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cement (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 2 in; 35.56 cm x 5.08 cm