Large Wooden Fishhook And Sinker
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "HOOK ATTACHED TO SINKER."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 157 (ill.*2) in Blau Daniel Klaus Maaz Anthony J. P Meyer and Sydney Picasso. 2023. Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands : A Pictorial Guide to the Fish Hooks from the Peoples of the Pacific Islands. Vol II. Munich: Daniel Blau. Identified there as a shark hook, known by the name bati ni siwa. "These large two-piece wooden hooks would be fitted with bait and lowered into the depths by means of a stone sinker, targeting large fish such as groupers and sharks." Noted as traditionally made of mangrove wood tied together with braided coconut fiber line.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Feb 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Luvuka Island, Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 005306
label: USNM Number
content: E23910-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Fish Hook/Sinker
physicalDescription: label: Height - Hook
content: 25.5 cm
label: Height - Stone Sinker
content: 10.5 cm