Fish-hook point made of bone with a barb and notches at the other end. [MJD 17/03/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fish-hook point made of bone with a barb and notches at the other end. [MJD 17/03/2009]
Geographical reference: New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand; South Island Otago Purakanui Beach
Cultural groups: Māori
Person: Maker James Frank Robieson; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source James Frank Robieson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930
Date collected: By 1930
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1930
Materials and processes: Material Bone, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 67 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1930.75.9
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 For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin.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]