Description (Labels & Markings)
A small label attached to the fish-hook reads: 'Beasley Collection / SOLOMON GROUP / 3520' . '54.318 D' inscribed in black ink on the back of the shank.
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Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
On catalogue card for 1954.318 A-G: 'Fish hooks with massive shell shank and tortoiseshell hook, a piece of wood included in the binding. A-E shank has some sort of enlargement for attachment of line. &F this takes the form of a double projection on one side. G. Shank pierced.'
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Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
This object was previously in the collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley, no.3520. It is recorded in Beasley's original acquisition register (vol.3) as: 'SOLOMON GROUP: - A similar bonito hook having a greater expansion of the shank at the last end. The lashing is of fibre, & the wooden pins appear to be missing. Bt J.F.G Umlauff, Hamburg.' It was purchased on 6 September 1934.
Event Date 06/09/1934
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Fish-hook with large shell shank and tortoiseshell point. Shank and point are bound together with thin cords of twisted plant fibre and a small wooden washer. The top of the shank is carved and notched so that a fibre snood could be attached to it (not present).
Event Date 14/12/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2024.13 | Fault Lines: Imagining Indigenous Futures for Colonial Collections
Event Date 3/12/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu