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Matau

On display
human history
  • Common Name
    Fish hook
    Fishing line
    sinker
  • Other Name

    Worked bone for fish hook (English)

  • Description

    A piece of worked bone for a fish hook.

  • Accession Number
    1932.455
  • Accession Date
    1932
  • Other Id

    18623.2 (ethnology)

    1650 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
  • Display Room

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Display location

    Maori Court East

  • Last Update
    23 May 2017
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