Implement

human history

Fish bone implement. An implement or tool of some kind made from fish bone. This implement is flat and rectangular in shape with one end tapering in to a point. There has been rubbing where the point is and it has caused a slight bevel. The underside of the bone is textured, the top side is smooth and has lines carved into it, arrow shaped, following the point of the implement.

Nama tāpiringa: 1967.186 Whakahounga o Mua: 14 Sept 2023
Wāhi
Apia/Western Samoa
Accession Number

1967.186

Rā Tāpiringa

1967

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

43318 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia
6 Mātātuhi
implement, 1967.186, 43318, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 26 Feb 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply
implement, 1967.186, 43318, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 26 Feb 2019, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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