Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Composite fishhook
Complete composite fishhook. Shank is manufactured from a boar tusk. Point is manufactured from an iron nail bent inwards at the base and then straight at the tip. The tip is attached to the point with muka. There is twisted muka at the proximal end of the shank for the line, with a knot at the end.
Provenance Place:
Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury, New Zealand
D81.934
Details
- Provenance Place
- Banks Peninsula, Banks Peninsula District, Canterbury, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 446 x 39.5 x 11.4mm
- Media/Materials
- metal, processed material, boar tusk, boar tooth, pig tooth, mammal tooth, tooth, animal, organic, Muka, flax, fibre, vegetal
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D81.934
- On Display
- Yes
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