Fish-hook of haliotis shell with horn barb. [SM 19/11/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fish-hook of haliotis shell with horn barb. [SM 19/11/2008]
Long description: Fish-hook of haliotis shell with horn barb. The barb is tied to the body of the fish hook with string and wedged with two small pieces of wood. A string line is attached at the other end. [MJD 10/03/2009]
Geographical reference: New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand
Cultural groups: Māori
Person: Field collector Charles Smith; PRM source E.A. Steer
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: 1859 - 1908
Acquisition information: Donated: 1951
Materials and processes: Material Haliotis Shell, Material Animal Horn, Material String, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Overlay, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length: max 50 mm, Width: max 23 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1951.4.5
Research and responses: Examined by Chris Paulin (Natural Environment Projects Officer at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) during a visit to the PRM 24-26 June 2009. For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin. See also: 'Māori Fishhooks in European Museums', by Chris D. Paulin, in Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, no. 21 (2010), pp. 13-41, esp. 27-29 (copy in RDF: Researchers: Paulin). [JC 12 8 2010]
This fish hook was studied by Michelle Horwood, Victoria University of Wellington on 31 October 2013. She thought that the fish hook was not Maori but from the Cook Islands. [MJD 31/10/2013]

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