Lure hook "matau" · New Zealand, Maori · ID: 3040228
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Size
L: 12,5 cm
L: 4.9 inch
Description
slightly vaulted, mother-of-pearl inlay on the inside, hook made from bone attached by plant fibre strings at the lower end, down feather inserted at the same place, cord material
The object Lure hook “matau” with the object ID 3040228 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 87.
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Comparing literature
Kaeppler, Adrienne, Polynesia, Honolulu 2010, p. 357, ill. 516