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1935.75.13

Fish hook of wooden shank, haliotis shell lure and bone hook. [MJD 10/03/2009]

1935.75.13

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fish hook of wooden shank, haliotis shell lure and bone hook. [MJD 10/03/2009]
Long description
Fish hook of wooden shank, haliotis shell lure and bone hook. The barbed hook is bound to the shank with New Zealand flax fibre. The string line is tied to the shank. [MJD 10/03/2009]
Cultural groups
Māori
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
By 1935
Acquisition information
Loaned: 07/1935 Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Haliotis Shell, Material String, Material Flax (NZ) Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Bone, Process Carved, Process Overlay, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Tied
Dimensions
Length x Width: max 135 x 26 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1935.75.13 Other numbers: 13
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 For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin.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]

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