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Trawling fish hook with cord
Object Number 17-50-70/D838
Display Title Trawling fish hook with cord
Descriptions
Object Description Trawling fish hook with cord
Inventory Description Fishhook, bone hook lashed to wood shaft with fiber, shell inner lining, twisted cordage end
Classification
  • Fishhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Wood Bone Fiber Shell
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 4.5 x 3 cm (5 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor Donated by Mr. Oric Bates (1917)

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