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Description: | Superficial scratches on surface of hook as from use or initial carving. Remains of old label reads E399. CULT unknown Samoan Islands Polynesia unknown Samoan Islands This lure would have been used on a rod from a fast moving canoe for bonito trolling. Pearl shell is not native to the Samoan Islands and so would have been obtained through trade with other islands.
The hook has been included in the Robertson catalogue as 'William Hunter from Captain Cook' on unknown evidence. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | JEN : PCOOK : HUNTER_ETHNO_2007 : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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