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1960.3.39

Fish hook with stingray spine point bound to a palm wood shank and tied to a string line. [MJD 14/04/2009]

1960.3.39

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fish hook with stingray spine point bound to a palm wood shank and tied to a string line. [MJD 14/04/2009]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Massim D'Entrecasteaux Islands Dobu Island
Person
Field collector G.H. Bardsley
PRM source Olive Bytheway
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1889-1890
Date collected
1889-1890
Acquisition information
Donated: 1960
Materials and processes
Material Stingray Spine Fish, Material String Plant, Material Palm Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Tied
Dimensions
Length: max 178 mm, Width: max 40 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1960.3.39
Research and responses

According to Margaret Reeson in 'Pacific Missionary George Brown 1835-1917: Wesleyan Methodist Church', page 309, Reverend Samuel B. Fellows was a Missionary in British New Guinea and by 1913 was a Minister in Western Australia. Reverend William Bromilow led the mission to British New Guinea from 1891. (page 209). [MJD (Verve) 24/08/2015]

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