Fishhook and sennit line
Artist
Samoa
Date1892-93
MediumShell, sennit fiber, tortoise shell
ClassificationsTools and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Carrie Ormsbee
Object number1927.1.12
DescriptionMedium to small-sized hook. Shank of shell, barb of tortoise shell. Snood made up of 2 parts, a shorter twisted cord (ma tai afo) and a longer (usually 20+ feet), 3-ply braided sennit rope. The hook differs from the pa'atu hook in that the pa'atu have white feathers attached to the point and no fiber hackle, (hank of loose fibers that was bound as in a hackle.).Perkins: "Pearl Fish Hook-lure"
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NAVIGATOR ISLANDS
New Guinea
New Guinea
EASTERN WOODLANDS
