Te kaneati
human history
Rabatan te kaneati. Shank component of a fishing lure. This rabatan is cut and ground from aubunga (clam shell) into a small bullet form approximately 83mm in length. It is circular in cross section. The rabatan reduces to a perforated point at its top end and a cuffed protrusion featuring at the base end at which a hook point would be lashed to complete the kaneati (fishing lure). The rabatan is white in colour with a long depression of darker colour along one side.
Accession number: 1936.295 Last Update: 12 Jul 2019
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Trolling lure shank (English)
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- Tabiteuea/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
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1936.295
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1936
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23939.10 (ethnology)
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