Fishhook matau
Place: New Zealand
Category: Fishing & hunting
wood, fishbone, cord, New Zealand, l. 3 cm, Inv. Oz 334
Humphrey No. 247: ‘a Fish-hook made of black-wood, pointed with fish-bone, from New Zealand.’
Composite fish-hook with shank made of black wood, point made from fish bone, with short, twisted cord, and lashing made of plant material. Markus Schindlbeck