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Pā kahawai (trolling lure)

Pā kahawai (trolling lure)
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Pā kahawai (trolling lure)
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Te Papa Collections Online
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The pā kahawai is a composite (two piece) trolling lure. The trolling lure is a Polynesian fishing technique that was brought to New Zealand by Māori and later adpated using available materials and targeting local species, the kahawai (sea salmon). The pā kahawai is typically constructed with a wooden shank, to which is firmly set and bound a shaped lure inset, made from paua shell (abalone), and a bone barb. This particular example consists of a worked piece of paua shell shank, shaped, poli...

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Date created
1750-1850
URL
https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/166746
Related subjects
shell (animal material) / muka (fibre) / bone / fishhooks / lures / carving / grinding / assembling / Te Puawaitanga: 1500 - 1800 / Te Huringa I: 1800 - 1900 / New Zealand / William Ockleford Oldman

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