Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Composite fishhook
Complete composite fishhook. Wooden shank carved with double-sided faces at the head, one at the base and one below the point and other geometric shapes throughout. Curved bone point with two internal and two external barbs and two internal notches, lashed to the shank with twisted muka. Two knobs at the head with twisted muka lashings and a plaited cord projecting from the top.
Provenance Place:
Unlocalised, New Zealand
D33.1355
Details
- Provenance Place
- Unlocalised, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Unlocalised, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 170 x 120 x 25mm
- Collection
- Dunlop Collection
- Credit Line
- Dunlop Collection
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D33.1355
- On Display
- Yes
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