5th Dec, 2018 10:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 126
 

126

A RARE MAORI FISH HOOK (MATUA)

A RARE MAORI FISH HOOK (MATUA), 19TH CENTURY with curved wooden shank lined with a paua shell lure on the inner face, fitted with barbed whalebone hook bound with flax fibre string and with a further portion of its flax fibre string 10.0 cm; 4 in

Sold for £950


 
A RARE MAORI FISH HOOK (MATUA), 19TH CENTURY with curved wooden shank lined with a paua shell lure on the inner face, fitted with barbed whalebone hook bound with flax fibre string and with a further portion of its flax fibre string 10.0 cm; 4 in