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

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