Fish hook made from a piece of wood in the shape of a sharp 'V' with metal hook and string snood. [MJD 13/03/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fish hook made from a piece of wood in the shape of a sharp 'V' with metal hook and string snood. [MJD 13/03/2009]
Geographical reference: New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand
Cultural groups: Māori
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: By 1920
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1924
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Carved, Process Forged (Metal), Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width: max 153 mm, Length: max 620 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1924.62.10
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 For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin.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]