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Object Number 48-56-70/3158
Display Title Trolling lure
Descriptions
Object Description Wood, shell and bone fishhooks (trolling lure)
Inventory Description Lure and hook, wood backing, paua interior, barbed bone hook, fiber bound
Classification
  • Lure
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Dimensions Overall: 12.3 x 2.5 x 3.4 cm (4 13/16 x 1 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 48-56-70/3158
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)
Donor Dr. Harry Clark (1917 - 1948)

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