Cowrie from an Octopus Lure

Unidentifed Kānaka Maoli maker

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collected 19th century

Cowrie shell

Overall: 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (10.5 × 7 × 5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College

13.2.604

Geography

Place Made: Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Source unknown; donated to Dartmouth College, in the late 18th or 19th century; catalogued, 1913.

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