Barbless fish hook of turtleshell. The shank is notched at the opposite end to the point. [MJD 17/04/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Barbless fish hook of turtleshell. The shank is notched at the opposite end to the point. [MJD 17/04/2009]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; Queensland Torres Strait Islands
Person: Field collector Alfred Cort Haddon; Field collector Cambridge Torres Straits Expedition; PRM source Alfred Cort Haddon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1888
Date collected: ?1888
Acquisition information: Donated: 1889
Materials and processes: Material Turtleshell Reptile, Process Carved, Process Notched
Dimensions: Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 133 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1889.34.65
Associated publications: Illustrated in black and white as Number IV in Plate CXIV opposite page 76 in Fish Hooks (Pacific Island Records), by Harry G. Beasley (London: Seeley, Service & Co., Ltd, 1928). Beasley writes (page 76) under the heading 'Part II. Papua and Melanesia' and sub-headings 'The Islands of Torres Straits' and 'Mer, or Murray Island' : 'No. 4 differs somewhat from the others, having the end of the shank notched for attachment. It is in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, and was obtained by the Cambridge Expedition. [Note 3 refers to Haddon, Cambridge University Expedition, p. 155, vol. iv., 1912.] It measures 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm.).' [JC 24 6 2016]

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