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  • Ingoa Kē

    Fishing lure (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Pā. Trolling lure. This pā is made of composite materials. The shank is made from tifa (pearl shell) of yellow colour and is rectangular in shape. It is curved in profile. A small perforation is made at the top of the shank for fishing line to suspend through. A sharpened lure point made with a metal point is lashed to the base of the shank with a dark feather hackle attached.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1970.208
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1970
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    43863 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Pā, 1970.208, 43863, Cultural Permissions Apply

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