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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Oceanic & African Arts
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2013 ~ 6pm (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  100
• Lot Description:
  Superb Matau – Fish Hook
  A large, early composite fish-hook with curved wooden shank fashioned from a native hardwood sapling; shaft superbly carved with a fine head. A length of cord (aho) is attached to the top. The small barb is shell with serrated point to one side; attached to shank with muka (flax fibre) cord. Collection number inscribed in white paint: 'WEB COL 522'. 18th century. This hook may have been collected during English explorer Captain James Cook's voyages into the Pacific. Members of Cook's Pacific expeditions collected a large number of fish-hooks. Ref. Te Papa Tongarewa.
  H.130mm W.51mm D.18mm. Hook only.
• Provenance:
  Kenneth Athol Webster collection, New Zealand. Private collection, New Zealand.
• Estimate:
  NZ$4,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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