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fish hook
Unknown
Museum of Ethnography
Stockholm, Sweden
Fiskkrok av snäckskal med krok av sköldpaddskal.
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Details
- Title: fish hook
- Creator: Unknown
- Location Created: Tikopia, Salomonöarna
- Physical Dimensions: 16,5 cm, 1,7 cm
- External Link: Link to source
- Text till utställningen Avian Allies: Used to catch bonito fish, a type of tuna, this fish hook comprises a shank of iridescent mother of pearl shell resembling a stylized fish to which a turtle shell hook has been bound using fibre. Tikopian fishermen also added white feathers to the shank which acted as bait. The movement of the hook and white feathers as it was drawn in and out of the water by the fisherman attracted the bonito and enabled them to catch the fish.
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