- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fish hook of haliotis shell and bone hook. The barbed hook is bound to the shell shank with plant fibre. [MJD 11/03/2009]
- Long description
- Fish hook of haliotis shell and bone hook. The barbed hook is bound to the shell shank with plant fibre. Plant fibre string is tied around the hook in a band. The string line is tied to one end of the shank. The shank is notched along both sides. [MJD 11/03/2009]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Māori
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Mrs Haig Brown
- PRM source Mrs Haig Brown's unnamed daughter
- PRM source O.H. Latter
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1922
- Date collected
- By 1922
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1922
- Materials and processes
- Material Haliotis Shell, Material Animal Bone, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 63 mm shank only, Width: max 13 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1922.9.2
- 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 For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin.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). [JC 12 8 2010]
Search terms: Fishing, Hook, Fishing Accessory