Plaster cast of a large fish-hook

Collection type: Object
Description: Plaster cast of a large fish-hook
Geographical reference: New Zealand
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand
Cultural groups: Māori
Person: Field collector George Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers; PRM source George Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1925
Date collected: By 1925
Acquisition information: Donated: 1925
Materials and processes: Material Plaster, Material Pigment, Process Cast
Dimensions: Width: max 30 mm, Length: max 132 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1925.18.11
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 For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin.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]

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