This series is only listed in the Black Book, they appear to have been displayed in Case 42 at Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums.

Black book number

PRM accession number

Black book entry

Black 1696

1884.11.67

Case 42 1696 Artificial fish and two ivory fish hooks and line of whale bone Esquimaux

Black 1697

1884.11.68

Case 42 1697 Line of whale bone Esquimaux

Black 1698

1884.11.15

Case 42 1698 Artificial fish of walrus ivory Esquimaux

Black 1699

1884.11.69

Case 42 1699 Plaited line made of deer sinew Esquimaux Obtd by Sir E Belcher

Black 1700

1884.11.18, 71, 72

Case 42 1700 Artificial fish, fish hook, stone sinker and attaching piece with whale bone line Esquimaux Obtd by Sir E Belcher

Black 1701 ?

1884.11.70

Case 42 1701 Line of deer sinew Esquimaux

Black 1702

Not matched

1702 Case 42 Line of leather with ivory buttons carved in the form of animal's heads Esquimaux

Black 1703

1884.140.947-8

Case 42 1703 Snares (2) whalebone for taking Alca-Psitica or Greenland parrot Obtd by Sir E Belcher
AdditionalBlack book entry - Alca. A genus of short-winged sea birds

Black 1704-1705

1884.140.944-945

Case 42 1704 and 1705 Nets (2) deer sinew used to capture reindeer and small game Brought from Icy Cape 1826 Sir E Belcher

Black 1706

1884.140.619

Case 42 1706 Net whalebone used for salmon fishing. Brought from Icy Cape 1826 Sir E Belcher

Black 1707

1884.11.24

Case 42 1707 Fish hook mother o' pearl Marquesas

Black 1708

1884.11.25

Case 42 1708 Wooden fish hooks with bone points Location not stated

Black 1708

1884.11.26

Case 42 1708 Wooden fish hooks with bone points Location not stated

Black 1709

1884.11.28

Case 42 1709 Fish hook with bone point ?New Zealand

Black 1710

1884.11.29 .11884.11.29 .2

Case 42 1710 Fish hooks (3) Wood and bone line of sennit Locality not stated
Added Black book entry - Sennet better Sennit (From 'sevin' and knit 'Naut') Flat braided cordage used for various purposes and formed by plaiting rope yards or spun yarn together

Black 1711

1884.11.30

Case 42 1711 'Fish hook made of the bone of human finger South Sea Island

Black 1712

1884.77.15

Case 42 1712 Hook tortoiseshell used for extracting Betel nut Murray Island

Black 1713

Not matched

1713 Case 42 Shell hook with stone sinker and line of sennit Locality not stated

Black 1714

1884.11.31

Case 42 1714 Fish hook line of sennit ?Society Islands
Added Black book entry - Samoa

Black 1715

Not matched

1715 Case 42 Fish hook and line Friendly Isles

Black 1716

1884.11.78

Case 42 1716 Fish hook said to be from Nootka Sound
Added Black book entry - Tonga Ids

Black 1717

[1884.11.32]

Case 42 1717 Fish hook pearl oyster bone point South Sea Islands New Zealand

Black 1718

1884.11.33

Case 42 1718 Fish hook pearl oyster bone point red black and white shell beads marked New Zealand Solomon Is

Black 1719

1884.11.34

Case 42 1719 Fish hook and line bone point Said to be from New Zealand

Black 1720

1884.11.35

Case 42 1720 Fish hook and line pearl oyster point of oyster shell New Zealand

Black 1721

1884.11.36

Case 42 1721 Fish hook wood faced with pearl oyster iron point New Zealand

Black 1722

1884.11.37

Case 42 1722 and 1723 Fish hooks pearl oyster with line iron points N Zealand

Black 1723

1884.11.38

Case 42 1722 and 1723 Fish hooks pearl oyster with line iron points N Zealand

Black 1724

Not matched

Case 42 1724 and 1725 Fish hooks (2) bone and shell ?Marquesas

Black 1725

1884.11.39 .11884.11.39 .2

Case 42 1724 and 1725 Fish hooks (2) bone and shell ?Marquesas

Black 1726

1884.11.40

Case 42 1726 Fish hook tortoise shell Locality not known

Black 1727

1884.11.41-44

Case 42 1727 Card cont? [sic] 4 bronze fish hooks probably Roman found in excavations in London

Black 1728

Not matched

Case 42 1728 Fish hooks (2) bronze Roman (in glass case)

Black 1729

1884.11.45

Case 42 1729 Fish hook iron found in excavations at Walthamstow

Black 1730

1884.11.46

Fishing & Hunting Materials [p. 74] C[ase] 42. 1730. Fish hook, large, iron. Nupi W. Africa. [insert] 1884.11.46 [end insert].

Black book page 73a [Ag 272]

1884.20.55

Ag 272 19.4.74 [sic] Copper harpoon point barbed New Guinea

Black book page 73a [Ag 272]

1884.140.622

Ag 272 7.3.74 [1 of] Five Fijian fishing nets, one ticketed. Fijian women's mountain stream fishing net for prawn

Black book page 73a [Ag 5594]

1884.11.73

Ag 5594 5.9.76 Chinese fishing line

Black book page 73a [Ag 1848]

Not matched

Ag 1848 Feb 75 Long fishing net

Black book page 73a [Ag 272]

Not matched

Ag 272 7.3.74 Fijian prawn trap

Black book page 73a [Ag 272]

Not matched

Ag 272 19.4.74 Fijian fish hook and line

Black book page 73a [Ag 272]

Not matched

Ag 272 19.4.74 Three Fiji grass combs

AP, March 2011.

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