1945.10.104

Collection type

Object

Description

Fish-hook of wooden shank with haliotis facing and bone hook. [MJD 10/03/2009]

Long description

Fish-hook of wooden shank with haliotis facing and bone hook. Barbed hook bound to shank with plant fibre. Short length of string tied to opposite end of shank. [MJD 10/03/2009]

Geographical reference

New Zealand

Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > New Zealand

Cultural groups

Māori

Person

Field collector Henry Balfour

PRM source Henry Balfour

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1939?, uncertain

Date collected

?By 1939

Acquisition information

Donated: Unknown date Found unentered: 10/1945

Materials and processes

Material Haliotis Shell, Material Wood Plant, Material Bone, Material Plant Fibre, Process Overlay, Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Twisted, Process Tied

Dimensions

Length: max 103 mm, Width: max 15 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1945.10.104

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 For an account of Paulin's project, see copy of his unpublished 'Research Report: Māori Fishhooks in European Museums - Winston Churchill Fellowship 2009' in RDF: Researchers: Paulin.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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