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A fishing hook for catching big fish, carved from hardwood and fitted with braided coir rope. Despite the ever-present significance of fishing on the Marshall Islands, the traditional methods of making fishhooks have largely disappeared. The majority of hooks used today are imported from the USA, even though they are prohibitively expensive for many islanders.
Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit) /Donated by Eugen Brandeis (Imperial Governor of the Marshall Islands) April 1900, collected by Antonie Brandeis (Jaluit)
The provenance of this object is unclear. It was (presumably in 1908) subsequently inventoried in the old inventory book, following object 5111, but has not been given its own old inventory number. In the new inventory book, this object (under the new inventory number II/1276) is grouped together with two other objects: II/1276-1278 "for large fish (sharks etc.) all 3 very old pieces" (old inventory numbers: "2152. 2154. 5112?"). The question mark refers to the unclear status. According to the New Inventory Book, object II/1277 is a shark hook from the Sarage Islands that was purchased by the Altona Museum. In the Old Inventory Book, however, the old inventory number 2154 assigned to this object is a slingshot from the Marshall Islands (II/1334). This indicates that there were inaccuracies in several places in the historical documentation. A red old inventory number 5112 is mentioned on the index card for the object from 1968, and it is also assigned to the 2nd shipment of Brandeis from Jaluit from November 1901. The number 5112 is present on the object.
Due to the similarity to comparable objects from the Marshall Islands and the comparison with the object lists of the Brandeis collections, it is plausible that II/1276 could be either no. 47 or 48 of the first consignment from April 1900 with the old inventory numbers 1322 and 1323 ("Haifischhaken. Catj in kabogo. Wurzel d. Eisenholzbaumes", SAF D.Sm 35/1), neither of which received new inventory numbers.
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