eel trap (descriptive name)

hinaki, trap for catching eels (ethnology card & register)

Hīnaki. Fish trap. Woven from split mangemange in open single-pair twine, in the torotika form with unsplit mangemange ribs, a funnel at the wide end with a reinforced edge, a separate lid for the narrow end tied on with plaited harakeke, and a long side plaited handle.

320 (ethnology)

638 (Taonga Database)

Māori