Accession No
Z 32087 A
Description
Pā kahawai. Composite trolling fish-hook, with a wooden shank, a pāua shell (Haliotis) inner, and a bone point with an inner barb. The point is lashed to the shank with a twisted flax cord (Phormium tenax) which shows traces of black gum. Plaited flax lashed to the eye but snood missing.
Place
Oceania; Polynesia; Aotearoa New Zealand
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 32087 A
Cultural Affliation
Māori
Material
Wood; Shell; Pāua; Haliotis; Bone; Plant fibre; Flax; ?Gum; ?Resin
Local Term
Measurements
18mm x 25mm x 103mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Wooden fish hook with haliotis iris shank, a hooked barb of bone and a vegetable fibre cord.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
The Z register originally suggest this fish-hook to be of Melanesian origin with a possible Solomon Islands provenance. This has now been identified as a Māori Pā Hakiwai from Aotearoa New Zealand and the record has been amended accordingly.
Event Date 07/2011
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Pā kahawai. Composite trolling fish-hook, with a wooden shank, a pāua shell (Haliotis) inner, and a bone point with an inner barb. The point is lashed to the shank with a twisted flax cord (Phormium tenax) which shows traces of black gum. Plaited flax lashed to the eye but snood missing.
Event Date 6/6/2024
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:264714
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