Rabatan te kaneati. Shank of a fishing lure. This rabatan (fishing lure shank) is cut from the mid-section of te bwaeao (pearl shell) from the hinge to the lip. A perforation is drilled through the thickest point of the rabatan, located at the hinge end. The rabatan is rectangular in general shape with the longer sides ground and reduced at both ends. The hinge end is reduced to an apex. The rabatan is curved in profile with high sheen and iridescent colour, light yellow but then tranistioning to a darker maroon towards the base end where the lure point would be lashed.