- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Perforated stone fishing-weight. Roughly teardrop shaped, tapering towards the top. The surface is pitted and roughened. [CW [OPS move] 30/8/2017]
- Long description
- perforated fishing-weight of vesicular lava
- Geographical reference
- Gambier Islands, Tara-vai Island
- Date
- Date collected
- By 1925
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1925
- Materials and processes
- Material Lava Stone, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Height: max 112 mm, Depth: max 89 mm, Width: max 112 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1925.29.113 Other numbers: 176
Search terms: Fishing, Fishing Accessory, Weight
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