fish-hook
- Museum number
- Oc,+.4027
- Description
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Fish-hook (with line, for bonito) consisting of a hook of pearl shell, made in two pieces, the barb being of shell, fastened by binding through two holes; at the back a tuft of three ply cord.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1888)
- Dimensions
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Height: 21 centimetres
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Width: 3 centimetres
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Depth: 3 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Christy collection registration slip description, written in 1889?:
Polynesia
Fish hook and hank of well made 3 ply line. The hook is of pearl shell made in two pieces, the barb being in dusky shell, fastened by binding throu' two holes; at the back a tuft of cord.
For bonito.
Danger Island (Pukapuka) 10" S.
W. Wyatt Gill
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See Christy Correspondence (File 'L')
Note signed by [?Wm Larkhurt]:
'Fish hook and line for catching Bonito - from Danger Island. The curly threads around the end of the hook is the bait. The Bonito supposes!! this to be the [?heart] of a fish - and so is caught! Mr Gill sent me the [illeg.] and as I had another I thought this might interest you - Notice how well the line and the hook are made'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.4027
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1889C2.4027 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1981Q1.1428
