Artifact Number:
01495
Object:
Fishhook, composite
Material:
Plant (wood), bone
Dimensions:
12 x 12.5 x 2 cm
Origin:
North Island, New Zealand, Polynesia
Comments:
Large two-piece hook. Wooden shank with a decorative end of a carved face, some cordage. Bone barb point hafted to shank, notched.
Found in a totara tree at Wairarapa, which had been the home of a tohunga (kahuna).
Collection Name: Eric Craig Collection