Aviti
Aviti. Bonito fishing lure. This 'aviti is constructed with a parau (pearl shell) shank and ivi (bone) point with taura tuaina (twine cord) securing the point to the shank. The shank is cut into a somewhat rectangular shape along three sides and polished to maximum glossy sheen from the central thicker section of yellow parau including the hinge. The hinge has a perforation through which tuaina is secured along the length and attaches to the ivi point lashed at the thinner end of the shank with tuaina. A flared hackle of animal hair (possibly boar bristle) is attached to the back of the point on the outwards-facing surface of the shank.
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- Te reo Name
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- Other Name
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Trolling Lure (English)
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- Description
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- Place
- Marquesas/French Polynesia/Pacific
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- Field Collection Site
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- Accession Number
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1968.190
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- Other Id
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39463 (ethnology)
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- Display Room
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