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aho, miro

human history
  • Other Name

    cordage, fishing line

  • Description

    OLD RECORD - DO NOT USE (SEE REG NOTES) aho, miro. cordage, fishing line. Fagments of cord associated with stone sinker 18068.1. The cord was damaged but still attached to the sinker when found (as illustrated in the Fairfield article in the Journal of the Polynesian Society vol 42, 1933). It was described as multiple cords being wrapped around the sinker over the pecked groove in the stone, then the ends gathered together and secured in a tuft.

    Part of the Karekare Fishing Kit.

  • Place
    Karekare/[West Coast Beaches]/Waitakere City/Auckland/New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1949.149
  • Other Id

    18072 (ethnology)

    339/32 (accession number)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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