Four Bone Hooks

Fishing hooks; four bone fishing hooks of varying sizes, with sinews and fibres used to lash the hook pieces together, to attach the fishing cord to the hook, and also as fishing cord itself; from Hawaiian Islands circa 1794. From the collection of Rear Admiral Spelman Swaine, R.N. of Leverington, Wisbech, who accompanied Vancouver on his voyage in the 'Discovery' 1791-1795.