A Very Rare ‘Mat’ with Five Fishing Hooks
A Very Rare ‘Mat’ with Five Fishing Hooks
Dry original ‘found’ condition
Coconut fibre, sennet, shell, mother-of-pearl
Very good condition
Caroline Islands or Nukuoro Islands
19th Century
SIZE: 22cm high, 13.5cm wide - 8½ ins high, 5¼ ins wide
Dry original ‘found’ condition
Coconut fibre, sennet, shell, mother-of-pearl
Very good condition
Caroline Islands or Nukuoro Islands
19th Century
SIZE: 22cm high, 13.5cm wide - 8½ ins high, 5¼ ins wide
A Very Rare ‘Mat’ with Five Fishing Hooks
Dry original ‘found’ condition
Coconut fibre, sennet, shell, mother-of-pearl
Very good condition
Caroline Islands or Nukuoro Islands
19th Century
SIZE: 22cm high, 13.5cm wide - 8½ ins high, 5¼ ins wide
Dry original ‘found’ condition
Coconut fibre, sennet, shell, mother-of-pearl
Very good condition
Caroline Islands or Nukuoro Islands
19th Century
SIZE: 22cm high, 13.5cm wide - 8½ ins high, 5¼ ins wide
CF:
For a very similar ‘mat’ holding three hooks, see: plate LXL, Heape collection, pg. 40, Harry G. Beasley, ‘Fish Hooks’, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1928, (mis) described as Tahiti Islands. See also; number 61, pg. 171 for another similar mat, holding only two hooks, described as Nukouro Islands, Daniel Blau, Klaus Maaz, ‘Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands’, Hirmer Publishers, Munich, Germany, 2012
For a very similar ‘mat’ holding three hooks, see: plate LXL, Heape collection, pg. 40, Harry G. Beasley, ‘Fish Hooks’, Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd. 1928, (mis) described as Tahiti Islands. See also; number 61, pg. 171 for another similar mat, holding only two hooks, described as Nukouro Islands, Daniel Blau, Klaus Maaz, ‘Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands’, Hirmer Publishers, Munich, Germany, 2012
Ex Private collection, Connecticut, USA
Ex Private collection
Ex Private collection
A Very Rare ‘Mat’ with Five Fishing Hooks
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