Zemanek-Münster

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


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