Fishhook | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Fishhook
Fishing hooks like these were used on boats to catch large fish out at sea. The hook is made of mother of pearl and furnished with a strip of bast. The tip of the hook is inserted into a wider base and fastened with a thin string.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Angelhaken
Dimensions
Länge: 160.0 mm, Breite: 35.0 mm, Tiefe: 60.0 mm
Material/Technique
Mother-of-pearl
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/1288
Provenance and sources
when
before 1900
when
24.04.1900
where
Marshall Islands (location/origin)
Micronesia (location/origin)
Oceania (location/origin)
Provenance
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)
Object no. 43 (Object list Antonie Brandeis, 1st consignment April 1900, SAF D.Sm 35/1): "Fishhook. He. Pearl shell and bast". Additional comment: "On the open sea, the fish are caught from a canoe using fishing line No. 41 and fish hooks made of mother-of-pearl shell (?) No. 42-46." (in: "Bemerkungen zu den dem Museum zu Freiburg /B. übersandten ethnologischen Gegenständen aus den Marshallinseln. South Seas". SAF D.Sm 35/1).
The object was given the old inventory number 1319 when it was catalogued, but this was later also assigned to object II/1286. See the note there.
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