- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bonito lure: a hook of turtle shell bound to a grooved goal shell shank with plant fibre twine. [LM 20/06/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Bougainville Buka Petats Island
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 10/1930
- Date collected
- ?29 September 1929 - 8 October 1930
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1931
- Materials and processes
- Material Turtleshell Reptile, Material Shell, Material Plant Fibre, Material Yarn, Process Bound, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 90 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1931.86.86 Other numbers: Blackwood no. 86
Search terms: Fishing, Fishing Accessory, Hook, Lure
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