Matau

human history

Matau. One piece pearl shell fish hook. Carved with a knob to the side of the top of the shaft. No line attached. The matau is made from parau (pearl shell) with a sharpened point and barb. The parau is dark in colour on one side and yellow in colour on the other. According to the ethnology card was " brought back by Geo. Bennet and deposited in the Duke of Leeds Collection". Illustrated in "Polynesian Artifacts", pl 37.

Nama tāpiringa: 1950.128 Whakahounga o Mua: 18 Jun 2018
Ingoa Kē

Fish Hook (English)

Wāhi
Tahiti/Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
Accession Number

1950.128

Rā Tāpiringa

04 Jul 1950

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

31524 (ethnology)

453 (Oldman Collection)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
11 Mātātuhi
fish hook, 1950.128, 31524, 453, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 11 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
fish hook, 1950.128, 31524, 453, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 11 Jan 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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