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matau

human history
  • Karaka
  • Ingoa Kōrero Noa
    Cook's Turban Shell
  • Ingoa Kē

    fish hook, two-piece

  • Kupu whakaahua

    fish hook, two-piece. Shank base only. Two notches on the base and two on the outside edge. Broken across the limb. Cooks turban.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1940.72
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    25414.3 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
matau, 1940.72, 25414.3, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann,… … Read more

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