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Bait

Special baits and hooks were used to catch squid. Attracted by shiny cowrie shells and moving plant fibres, the animals could be pulled out of the water with the hooks. This simple squid bait was made for sale to travellers. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Köder
Dimensions
Height: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Cypraea tigris, Stone, Wood, Plant fibre , Bast
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
087635

Provenance and sources

when
End of 19th cent.
where
Hawaii
who
Krämer, Augustin - Collectors
when
1913
Provenance
On the way from South America to Sāmoa, Augustin Krämer (1865-1941) spent a short time in Hawai'i in 1897. He established a collection of Hawaiian objects there, 126 of which found their way to the Linden Museum. Text: Ulrich Menter

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