Te matau. Fish hook. This te matau is made of the following components: te rabatan te matau (shank), te tabon te matau (point), lashing, a hackle and cordage. Te rabatan is made from te bwaeo (mother of pearl shell). It is pale yellow in colour with some shimmer. It has been filed into a length where one end has been tapered into a curve and the other end into a flat spatulate shape. It has retained its concave form. It has been cut from the lip of the shell. This is defined by its depth where the curved end shows the ridge of the lip. Among this section a small circular perforation has been drilled into the side. This is where te ao (line) has been inserted in the form of an off-white corda. It has been looped through the perforation and knotted a third of the way along the cord. The spatulate end of te rabatan te matau has been utilized in lashing te tabon te matau (point) and a short hackle of te ira (hair). Te tabon te matau is made from copper. It appears to have been worked into its current form, a slim cone-like form that curves towards the flat side of te rabatan te matau. It is dark brown in colour with some erosion at its base. An off-white thread has been used to lash it to te rabatan te matau. The hackle of ira has been lashed across its centre to te rabatan te matau. It is dark brown in colour.