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Description: | Painted label reads E.652. There are also scratches as from use. CULT Maori New Zealand Polynesia This composite lure hook has a curved wooden shank made from a tree branch trained into a U shape. A serrated bone point with three barbs, two on the outer side and one on the inner, is lashed to one arm of the U with coir, held in position with a peg or nail. The bone part has an extended cleat on the end to hold the lashing, which secures the point at right angles to the shank. The other end of the shank also has lashing and a plaited cord loop attached.
The shanks and barbs of these hooks, used to catch larger fish, were often elaborately carved. They must have been particularly successful, as these bone hooks were retained in many parts of New Zealand even after metal became available.
This particular hook was originally accessioned as donated by Dr. G. Turner, however there are no items from New Zealand on the 1860 donation list. The shank has been coated in the black varnish typical of Old Hunterian objects, indicating that it may have been in the collection before 1870. It may be one of the hook mentioned by Captain John Laskey in his 1813 account of the museum, in which case it may have been collected on one of the three Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook. | 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: | FISHING : MAORI : JEN : PCOOK : ABN_2007 : 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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