1886.1.1307.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Fishing line of twisted Flax [SM (Verve) 12/06/2014]

Long description

Fish hook of wood shank with haliotis shell face, bone point and string line [.1] and two flax string fishing lines [.2-.3]. [SM (Verve) 12/06/2014]

Geographical reference

New Zealand

Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand

Cultural groups

Māori

Person

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1886

Date collected

By 1886

Acquisition information

Transferred: 1886, uncertain

Materials and processes

Material Flax (NZ) Plant, Material String Plant, Process Wound, Process Twisted

Dimensions

Width: max 20 mm, Length: max 70 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1886.1.1307.2

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 For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin.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). NB Paulin does not list the item in his list of 'Hooks Examined' (see page 29 of his article), but the item is one of those made available for him to examine. [JC 12 8 2010]

Search terms: Fishing, Line, Fishing Accessory