Hook Disengager, and Box "Fohata"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1903
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William L. Abbott
notes: label: Notes
content: Box has tag attached: "box for keeping tobacco, clothes, etc. dry while fishing"
label: Notes
content: From card: "Called "fohata", is used by fishermen when fish hook gets fouled under coral on sea-bottom. This bamboo affair is threaded upon the line and the heavy stone carries it quickly down and generally clears the hook."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Nias Island, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malay
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 041342
label: USNM Number
content: E221655-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hook