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 te matau is made of the following components: te rabatan te matau (shank), te tabon te matau (point), lashing and a hackle. Te rabatan is made from te bwaeo (mother of pearl shell). It is pale yellow and off-white in colour with some shimmer. It has been filed into a length where one end has been tapered into a small point and the other end into a flat spatulate shape. It has been cut from the lip of the shell. This is defined by its depth where the small pointed end shows the ridge of the lip. Among this section a small circular perforation has been drilled into the side. This would be where te ao (line) would be inserted. A small circular cavity features in the flat side of te rabatan te matau. The spatulate end of te rabatan te matau has been utilized in lashing te tabon te matau (point) and a short hackle of te ira (hair). Te tabon te matau is made from copper. It appears to have been worked into its current form, a slim cone-like form that curves towards the flat side of te rabatan te matau. It is dark brown in colour with some erosion at its base. An off-white thread has been used to lash it to te rabatan te matau. The hackle of te ira (hair) has been tied across its centre to the te rabatan te matau. It is made up of dark brown strands. The flat side of te rabatan te matau is dappled with small cavities from the shells natural material.WāhiBeru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati Onotoa/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1936.295Rā Tāpiringa1936Tohu Tuakiri Kē23917.4 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te matau, 1936.295, 23917.4, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1936.295, 23917.4Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiBeru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati Onotoa/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1936Tikanga Waihangacarved drilled polished lashed [handmade]Waitohu/māka23917.4; BERU. GILBERT IS.; DEP. (handwritten)Pāohoshell[copper]/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic materialhuman hair/hair/animal materialmother of pearlthreadRaraunga Ine130mm60mm23mmHuinga 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