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Cogito 1st June 2007 04:18 PM

Odd Ethnographic Item
 
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I'm not sure this qualifies as a weapon technically, I think it's pretty close. This is a fishhook that came from the Solomon Islands/New Guinea area, around 1940. It was made by the local indigenous natives. It seems to be made from carved turtle shell (hook part), some sort of opalescent shell (shank part), some beads, and string. An ingenious job of joining the parts together has been accomplished. I am not positive about the details of my description and wondered if anyone here knows anything about these things?

Luc LEFEBVRE 2nd June 2007 11:09 PM

It looks like a hook for fishing.
In Indonesia & Oceania people use hooks like this.
Luc


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