Fish hook
Production date
2018-2019
Country
French Polynesia
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Object detail
Description
Fishhook made from black lip pearl oyster shell, suspended on pineapple fibre.
Classification
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Polynesian fish hook
Maker
Production date
2018-2019
Production place
Measurements
L 33 x W 33 mm (Fishhook only)
L 130 x W 80 x D 15mm whole object
L 130 x W 80 x D 15mm whole object
History and use
Created by Tahitian artist Hiro Ou Wen, this fishhook was inspired by the 18th century pearl fishhooks found during excavations of HMS Pandora. The item is representative of the types of Tahitian material culture that were avidly collected during the European age of exploration in Polynesia.
This collection of objects was curated as part of Jasmin Guenther’s PhD thesis (James Cook University) and exhibited in Making Connections: French Polynesia and the HMS Pandora Collection at the Museum of Tropical Queensland (2019).
Read more: https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2019/09/10/re-imagining-pandora/
This collection of objects was curated as part of Jasmin Guenther’s PhD thesis (James Cook University) and exhibited in Making Connections: French Polynesia and the HMS Pandora Collection at the Museum of Tropical Queensland (2019).
Read more: https://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2019/09/10/re-imagining-pandora/
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Registration number
E40889
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