Large lure fish-hook with pearl-shell shank, bone hook and long, stout snood of white cord. Tuft of black fibre attached to hook.

Collection type: Object
Description: Large lure fish-hook with pearl-shell shank, bone hook and long, stout snood of white cord. Tuft of black fibre attached to hook.
Geographical reference: Polynesia
Oceania > Polynesia
Person: Field collector McDonald Wilson Paou (Pau); PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate; PRM source Alfred T. Collier
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Pearl Shell, Material Bone, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Twisted, Process Perforated, Process Knotted, Process Overlay
Dimensions: Length: max 165 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.87.284