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matau

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  • Common Name
    Fish hook
  • Other Name

    fish hook, trolling lure shank

  • Description

    fish hook, trolling lure shank. Ground to an oval shape, one end present with no modifications, other end broken. Cross section round. Stone.

  • Accession Number
    1928.260
  • Accession Date
    1928
  • Other Id

    3024.4 (ethnology)

  • Department
Fish-hook shank, 1928.260, 3024.4, Photographed by Awhina… … Read more

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