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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:ISH.2021.193 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name hook Description Fish hook made of moa bone (now extinct) shank with bone barb, secured with two-ply twisted vegetable fibre and coconut fibre along the shank and secured through a hole drilled at the top. Black feathers remain as a lure. A handwritten label bagged together with this hook 'Shell fish hooks from the Islands in the South Sea'. Number marked on hook in black ink '86.NZ' and on the other side, a stuck on label 'Admiral'. This could be a gift from Admiral Page, or possibly the Corder collection. Production place Polynesia, New Zealand Production period 18th Century, late, 19th Century, early Material Moa bone, bone, vegetable fibre, coconut fibre, feather Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:ISH.2021.193
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

hook
Description

Fish hook made of moa bone (now extinct) shank with bone barb, secured with two-ply twisted vegetable fibre and coconut fibre along the shank and secured through a hole drilled at the top. Black feathers remain as a lure. A handwritten label bagged together with this hook 'Shell fish hooks from the Islands in the South Sea'. Number marked on hook in black ink '86.NZ' and on the other side, a stuck on label 'Admiral'. This could be a gift from Admiral Page, or possibly the Corder collection.
Production place

Polynesia, New Zealand
Production period

18th Century, late, 19th Century, early
Material

Moa bone, bone, vegetable fibre, coconut fibre, feather

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