Paua Inlaid Pakahawai Fishing Hook
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A pa kahawai fishing hook, Aotearoa. A contact period pakahawai (trawling lure) with fine twisted muka rope and binding. Paua shell inlaid into the native timber body terminating in a robust whalebone hook barb on a custom walnut wooden stand., used for trolling for fish. Made with a wooden body and a paua flashing inlaid to the body's interior curve. Featuring a bone barb that has been lashed into place with muka flax binding. A small line-plaited muka remains. Mounted on a wood and metal stand. Lure height 10 cm, width 2 cm, depth 3.2 cm, on stand height 15.5 cm, width 3.8 cm, depth 3.8 cm. Registered as pa kahawai. Provenance: Private Collection, Aotearoa. Formerly held in private collections in Paris and Holland
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- Contact Period - As applied to New Zealand Maori artifacts, the artefact dates from the 1790s to the 1840s
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