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matau

human history
  • Te reo Name
    Karaka
  • Common Name
    Cook's Turban Shell
  • Other Name

    fish hook, two-piece point

  • Description

    fish hook, two-piece point. Straight limb, inturned point tip. The limb is squared off at the base, which is possibly a fractured surface but there is a notch on the outside edge near the end. Cooks turban.

  • Place
    North Cape/Northland/New Zealand
  • Accession Number
    1937.115
  • Other Id

    23262.6 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • matau, 1937.115, 23262.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 04 Jul 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • matau, 1937.115, 23262.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 04 Jul 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • matau, 1937.115, 23262.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 04 Jul 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • matau, 1937.115, 23262.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 04 Jul 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply

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