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Description: | Fish hook made of wood, shell, bone and cord. A curved, elliptical piece of hard wood, the inner and flat side lined with irridescent haliotis (paua) shell. The barb is made of bone, or perhaps whale ivory, is tied on at one end with vegetable fibre cord. The other has a short length of cord attached.
Material: Wood
Material: Shell
Material: Bone
Material: Ivory (Sperm whale tooth).
Material: Fibre | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.162273 | Go to resource |
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Material: Ivory (Sperm whale tooth).…
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