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FISHHOOKS This picture shows the stages of manufacture of a small and delicate turkey bone fishhook. The leg bone of a turkey was split and ground down to the width of the intended size of the hook. Then the center of the bone was removed. After the two narrow sides were cut apart the process produces two fishhooks. The hook was then finished by sharpening the point and grinding and polishing the surface. All of these bone artifacts were found on one site in Kentucky near the Ohio River. The fishhook on the right measures 1 3/4 inches (4.4 cm) long.
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