Fish trap hook / model

Description

Hook or lure for fish trap (noboi), model, made of plant fibre and weighted with stone: Oceania, Melanesia, Vanuatu, Aneityum, late 19th century.

Museum reference

A.1895.413.5 A

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Fish trap hook / model, Hook, Lure

Production information

Unknown
Aneityum, Vanuatu, Melanesia

Date

Late 19th century

Style / Culture

Melanesian
Ni-Vanuatu

Materials

Plant fibre, Stone

Physical description

Wood

Exhibitions

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

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 3 »
world cultures, facing the sea »
pf.6