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lure, octopus

Hei whakaatu
human history
  • Kupu whakaahua

    Top shaped stone (mottled dark and light colour); stick attached, fibre strip bound on; two plates of cowrie shell fitted and lashed over the stone. Sennit and cloat attached; "SALESA" printed on float;

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1973.16
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1973
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    45944 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
  • Rūma Whakaatu
lure, octopus, 1973.16, 45944, Photographed by Denise… … Read more

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