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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1945.157.26 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name hook Description Lure fish hook (ba) made of a whalebone and black pearlshell shank, attached to which is a turtleshell barb, with two-ply twisted vegetable fibre running along the shank. At the bottom a frayed fibre hackle. A long plaited coconut fibre line extends including a cylindrical bone attachment. Used for trolling large fish. Marked on in black ink: '1945.157.26' and '1966.1.830' and 'Tonga'. Mrs Alice Moore collection. Creator Unrecorded Production place Polynesia, Tonga Production period 19th Century, late, 20th Century, early Material whalebone, pearlshell, turtleshell, coconut fibre, vegetable fibre Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1945.157.26
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

hook
Description

Lure fish hook (ba) made of a whalebone and black pearlshell shank, attached to which is a turtleshell barb, with two-ply twisted vegetable fibre running along the shank. At the bottom a frayed fibre hackle. A long plaited coconut fibre line extends including a cylindrical bone attachment. Used for trolling large fish. Marked on in black ink: '1945.157.26' and '1966.1.830' and 'Tonga'. Mrs Alice Moore collection.
Creator

Unrecorded
Production place

Polynesia, Tonga
Production period

19th Century, late, 20th Century, early
Material

whalebone, pearlshell, turtleshell, coconut fibre, vegetable fibre

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