Fishing Hook

3D Model

This is a 3D scan of a wooden fishing hook. This hook was used in a pile-dwelling settlement on an island in Lake Keutschach many years ago to catch large fish. Since wood floats, a weight was attached to the knob of the hook so that the bait would float slightly above the lake bottom. The 6,000-year-old site where this object was found is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps”. The object was discovered by the Kuratorium Pfahlbauten during a routine inspection of the site in 2024.

Object: Fishing hook

Material: Wood

Inventory number: GK2401

Collection: Gemeinde Keutschach, Gemeindeamt, Keutschach am See 1, 9074 Keutschach, Kuratorium Pfahlbauten coll. (curator: Lieselore Meyer)

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Scanned and edited by Tobias Wiedeck (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.

This object was digitzed during the internship “Welterbe digital serviert” funded by the FFG.