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Artifact Number:
 03675

Object:
FISHHOOK
Makau

Material:
 Shell (turtle), plant (olona fiber)

Dimensions:
 3.9 cm x 3 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 This makau is made of ea (Eretmochelys imbricata) shell and is of a dark brown color interspersed with orange patches. It follows a typical Hawaiian form with an incurved point and low outer barb. It does not appear to have been used. Figure 139. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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