Fishhook
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 May 2013
name: label: Collector
content: Richard Feinberg
label: Donor Name
content: Richard Feinberg
notes: label: Notes
content: Carved wooden hook, attached to sennit line.
label: Notes
content: Te kau 'large fish hook' formerly used for shark and other large gamefish. Made from wood (probably Calophyllum - te petau). Made for display purposes, as the line is made from poorly made sennit known as tae kapa (literally 'shitty kapa'). This kind of hook is now used primarily for hanging pots and other objects from rafters inside of the house. Made by men - once upon a time these objects were standard but by 1972 no one was using these fishhooks anymore. This was made for Rick Feinberg most likely by Pu Tokerau. (Per curator Joshua Bell; notes from speaking to Feinberg, Aug 16, 2012.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Anuta Island, Solomon Islands, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Anutan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2059846
label: USNM Number
content: E433251-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fishhook
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 20.3 cm
label: Width
content: 12.7 cm
label: Depth
content: 1.3 cm