discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te matau human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēFish hook (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe matau. Fish hook. This is a fish hook made from four material components: te kuano (phosphate), te ri (bone), thread and natural fibres. Te rabatan te matau (shank) is made from te kuano. It is pale yellow in colour, hard in material and portrays some transparency. It is cylindrical in form. One end has been tapered and angled off into a point. A small circular perforation has been drilled through the side. This would be for the purpose of inserting te ao (line). Opposite this end, te rabatan te matau portrays a circular cross-section. Two faint furrows have been filed out across the sides and another perpendicular to the circular cross section. These have been used to position and secure the lashing of discoloured thread. Te tabon te matau (point) has been made of te ri and positioned into the filed furrow that runs perpendicular to the circular cross-section. This has been secured to te matau from the lashing of thread. Te tabon te matau is off-white in colour with some pale brown residue. It shows some porous textures and has been carved to portray a slim cone form where the point curves in towards the rabatan te matau. A short hackle of fibrous strands that are pale yellow in colour has also been included in the lashing of tabon te matau.WāhiKiribatiAccession Number1936.295Rā Tāpiringa1936Tohu Tuakiri Kē23537.5 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te matau; 1936.295; 23537.5; Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1936.295, 23015; 2Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiKiribatiRāPre 1936Tikanga Waihangacarved drilled lashed [handmade]Waitohu/māka"23537.5 / DEP. /" (written) 23537.5; DEP. (handwritten) 99 (label, stick on/label)Pāohobonefibremineral/inorganic materialthreadWhakaahuatanga Ineheight x width 135x26mmRaraunga Ine120mm40mmHuinga KaupapaFishing/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūFish HookLine fishingFishing, Trapping & Hunting T&ETools & EquipmentWhakahounga o Mua30 Nov 2018 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60