Composite hook (Blau & Maaz, Fish Hooks of the Pacific I - Lot 140

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Composite hook (Blau & Maaz, Fish Hooks of the Pacific I - Lot 140
Composite hook (Blau & Maaz, Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands, 2012, p.55/57). The hornbill beak tip is held on the shank by two modern twine ligatures. Finschhafen region and Huon Gulf, PNG, Melanesia. Tortoise shell (eretmochelys imbricata*) and tridacne (Tridacna gigas *) and string. L. 10 cm. 20th century. *Pinctada maxima IUCN status: LC (least concern). * Tridacna gigas: IUCN status: VU A2cd. CITES Annex II
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