Te kaneati

human history

Rabatan te kaneati. Shank component of a fishing lure. This rabatan is cut and ground from aubunga (clam shell) into a small bullet form approximately 83mm in length. It is circular in cross section. The rabatan reduces to a perforated point at its top end and a cuffed protrusion featuring at the base end at which a hook point would be lashed to complete the kaneati (fishing lure). The rabatan is white in colour with a long depression of darker colour along one side.

Nama tāpiringa: 1936.295 Whakahounga o Mua: 12 Jul 2019
Ingoa Kē

Trolling lure shank (English)

Wāhi
Tabiteuea/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
Accession Number

1936.295

Rā Tāpiringa

1936

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

23939.10 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
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Te kaneati, 1936.295, 23939.10, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 30 Oct 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
Te kaneati, 1936.295, 23939.10, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 30 Oct 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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