Fishnet handle. Hook, for fishing, dark brown wood, carved; natural branching tree segment is smoothed; at top is carved, incised head with stylized features; L. 37.5 cm, W. 11.0 cm.
Collection place:
Massim region, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Massim and New Guinea, Papua Island
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fishhooks
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)