Shark Hook
Unidentifed Kānaka Maoli maker
about 1839-1841
Wood, whale ivory, and plant fiber
Overall: 10 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (27 × 14 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Smithsonian Institution
13.3.684
Geography
Place Made: Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by U.S. Exploring Expedition in Fiji, 1838-1842; transferred by order of the United States Congress to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1857; acquired by the Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, New Hampshire, in an exchange, 1880's; catalogued, 1913.
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