Te matau
- Description:
- Te matau. Fish hook. This is a composite te matau. It consists of te rabatan te matau (shank) and te tabon te matau (point), a short hackle and two kinds of cordage. Te rabatan te matau has been filed from shell material that could be te aubunga (clam shell) or cassus shell. It is off-white in colour, hard in material and has been filed into a cylindrical form where both ends taper into soft points. One end features where a circular perforatio...
- Display date:
- Made: Pre 1936; Acquired: Circa 1936
- Location:
- Gilbert Islands
- Collections:
- Auckland Museum Collections Online
- Content partner:
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- Availability:
- Not specified
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