Lot 335

Matau Bronze - Bronze Shark Hook
Y14183.
Superior example with triple barb. Robust muka spiced into very heavy trace line. Bronze nails from the early whaling boats were traded heavily with Maori. A seafarers kinship also encouraged the exchange of rope knowledge which the innovative Maori seafarers adopted. This form would have been used to target deep sea shark. Surface of hook show signs that it was productive. Contact period. Early 19th century.
L455mm W72mm.
Realised: $3,700 - June 2010

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