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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