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Rabatan te kaneati

human history
  • Other Name

    Trolling lure shank (English)

  • Description

    Rabatan te kaneati. Shank component of a pearl shell fishing lure. This rabatan is cut and ground from the middle of a specimen of te bwaeao (pearl shell) spanning the length of hinge to the lip at approximately 75mm in length. A perforation is made through the hinge portion of the bwaeao. It is rectangular in general shape and curved in profile. The rabatan is golden yellow to orange in colour and has been polished to high sheen.

  • Place
    Beru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati Onotoa/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1936.295
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    23929.7 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Rabatan te kaneati, 1936.295, 23929.7, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 01 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Rabatan te kaneati, 1936.295, 23929.7, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 01 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Rabatan te kaneati, 1936.295, 23929.7, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 01 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Rabatan te kaneati, 1936.295, 23929.7, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 01 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Rabatan te kaneati, 1936.295, 23929.7, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 01 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Rabatan te kaneati, 1936.295, 23929.7, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 01 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Hook shank
  • part, hook 23929.7
  • part, hook 23929.7

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