Barbed bone point of a large fish-hook. The hook has one barb and the end is broken. [MJD 13/03/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: Barbed bone point of a large fish-hook. The hook has one barb and the end is broken. [MJD 13/03/2009]
Geographical reference: New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand
Cultural groups: Māori
Person: Field collector James Reid Moir; PRM source James Reid Moir
Date
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Donated: 1919
Materials and processes: Material Bone, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 19 mm, Length: max 58 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1919.16.7 Other numbers: 69
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 For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin.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]