Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for 1954.318 A-G reads, '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

Description (Labels & Markings)
Some inscriptions visible on the inside of the shank: one (branded) reads: 'ESTB 17' and one (handwritten) reads: '...actic'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'1047' inscribed in black ink on the back of the shank. This is part of the numbering system devised by Reverend Arthur Henry Voyce of the Methodist Mission.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Other owners)
This object was previously in the collection of Harry Geoffrey Beasley. Its original Beasley number is not known.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Field collection)
This object was originally collected on Bougainville Island by Reverend Arthur Henry Voyce of the Methodist Mission.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'54.318 G' inscribed in black ink on the back of the shank.
Event Date 1954
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Fish hook with (possibly) bone shank and tortoiseshell point. Shank and point are bound together with thin cords of twisted plant fibre and a small wooden washer. There is a large drilled hole at the top of the shank. The shank is recycled from an another object and marked with a brand.
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