Hī ika

Complete hinaki (eel trap), made from vine. Eel funnel at one end with plaited internal end. Elongated, bulbous body, tapered to another opening at the other end (without a lid or funnel). Plaited handle attached below the opening.

Complete matarau (eel spear). Wooden handle worked to a sharp point at both ends. Six other prongs lashed to one end of the handle with two metal braces and muka fibre.

Complete matarau (eel spear). Wooden handle worked to a sharp point at one end. Six other prongs lashed to the point of the handle with vines and muka fibre.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing grooves at each end.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove.

Complete sinker with deep transverse lashing groove.

Complete bone one-piece fishhook. There is a notch at the base of the shank. There is an external knob on the head and an internal notch.

Complete one-piece bone fishhook. The bend has a notch. The tip is bent and comes to a sharp point. The head has a shank knob and a knob at the head, which is worn.

Complete sinker with shallow transverse lashing groove

Complete sinker with faint transverse lashing groove.