Fish hook container
(early 20th century)
Medium
bamboo, Pandanus leaf, tortoise shell, mother-of-pearl
Measurements
(a-c) 28.8 × 5.8 cm diameter (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria in memory of Stanley Gordon Moriarty by Jean McKay Moriarty, Fellow, 1980
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
(Roviana), Solomon Islands
Accession Number
O35.a-c-1980
Department
Pacific Art
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Physical description
A cylindrical bamboo vessel containing two rolls of palm leaf in which fish hooks are kept. The small parcel contains ten tortoise shell hooks. The bigger contains fifty mother of pearl hooks.