Детали

IPSMG:HSM.2021.2

Ipswich Collections

Lure fish hook (pa kahawai) made of a haliotis shell (paua shell) shank, attached to which is bone barb, with two-ply twisted vegetable fibre. Cord remains at the top, but no line. Marked on in black ink: '80.NZ', the Corder collection?

Polynesia, New Zealand

18th Century, late, 19th Century, early

haliotis shell, bone, vegetable fibre