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Te kaneati

human history
  • Other Name

    Trolling lure shank (English)

  • Description

    Rabatan te kaneati. Shank component of a fishing lure. This rabatan is cut and ground from aubunga (clam shell) into a small bullet form approximately 78mm in length. It is circular in cross section. The rabatan reduces to a perforated point at its top end and a cuffed protrusion featuring at the base end at which a hook point would be lashed to complete the kaneati (fishing lure). The rabatan is white in colour with some orange to grey tones.

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

    23939.6 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Te kaneati, 1936.295, 23939.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 30 Oct 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te kaneati, 1936.295, 23939.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 30 Oct 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te kaneati, 1936.295, 23939.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 30 Oct 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te kaneati, 1936.295, 23939.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 30 Oct 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te kaneati, 1936.295, 23939.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 30 Oct 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te kaneati, 1936.295, 23939.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 30 Oct 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Hook shank

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