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Artifact Number:
 03693

Object:
FISHHOOK
Makau

Material:
 Ivory, plant (olona fiber)

Dimensions:
 7.15 x 4.65 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 This makau is made of ivory and follows a typical Hawaiian form with an incurved point and low outer barb. The original two-ply olona (Touchardia latifolia) cordage remains attached to the shank, and a museum catalogue number has been printed on one side of the fishhook. The hook does not appear to have been used. Figure 140. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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