Fish-hook

Description

Fish-hook with shank of rough pearl shell and hook also of pearl shell lashed with twine, made for tourists: Micronesian, Marshall Islands

Museum reference

A.1893.292

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Fish-hook

Production information

Marshall Islands, Micronesia

Materials

Pearl-shell, Pearl-shell, Vegetable fibre

Physical description

Shank of rough pearl shell; hook of pearl shell lashed with twine; vegetable fibre at foot of shank

Exhibitions

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

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
world cultures, facing the sea »
pr.2