Fish-hook

Description

Fish-hook with pearl shell shank, bone barb, twisted bast lashings and white feather beard: Polynesian, Tuvalu

Museum reference

A.1904.111

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Fish-hook

Production information

Tuvalu, Polynesia

Materials

Pearl-shell, Bone, Bast

Physical description

Pearl shell shank, bone barb, twisted bast lashings, white feather beard

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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world cultures, facing the sea »
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