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Artifact Number:
 03700

Object:
FISHHOOK
Makau

Material:
 Ivory, plant (olona fiber)

Dimensions:
 4.40 x 2.75 cm

Origin:
 Hawaii, Polynesia

Comments:
 This makau is made of ivory. It follows a typical Hawaiian form with an incurved point and vertical outer barb. A museum catalogue number has been printed on one side of the fishhook. A two-ply line of olona (Touchardia latifolia) is still attached to the top of the shank. Figure 140. (Summers)



Collection Name: J.S. Emerson Collection

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