Fishing lure

Museum number:
11-40763
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Accession number:
Acc.2760
Description:
lure; mother-of-pearl; hook attached with commercial cotton string; trolling for Bonito; Manihiki is a pearling atoll about 600 miles north of Raratonga Only shell hook with cord located during inventory, 7/5/12, no wooden box.
Donor:
Henry Binsted
Collection place:
Manihiki Island, Northern Cook Islands, Cook Islands
Culture or time period:
Polynesian cultures
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Collection date:
ca. 1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lures
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fishing lure, accession number 11-40763, described as lure; mother-of-pearl; hook attached with commercial cotton string; trolling for Bonito; Manihiki is a pearling atoll about 600 miles north of Raratonga Only shell hook with cord located during inventory, 7/5/12, no wooden box.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fishing lure, accession number 11-40763, described as lure; mother-of-pearl; hook attached with commercial cotton string; trolling for Bonito; Manihiki is a pearling atoll about 600 miles north of Raratonga Only shell hook with cord located during inventory, 7/5/12, no wooden box.

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