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Fishhook point fragment

Broken, straight fishhook point with the base missing. It an upper, external barb and an internal barb that is slightly lower. The internal barb is serrated and opposite the barb on the external side there are serration. Just above where it is broken there is a second external barb that has serrations on it and opposite that the internal side is serrated. There is a red brown colour on the bottom.

Provenance Place:
Tokanui, Southland District, South Island, New Zealand

D80.503

Details

Cultural Group
Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
Media/Materials
bone, animal, organic
Credit Line
Mr Stephen Johnson
Rights
All rights reserved
Department
Taoka Maori
Accession Number
D80.503
On Display
No

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