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NEW ZEALAND: wood & bone fishhook, Choice VF

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
NEW ZEALAND: wood & bone fishhook, Choice VF
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350.00USD+ (70.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 16 @ 19:36UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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NEW ZEALAND: wood & bone fishhook, Opitz p.146, comprising a 22cm-long shank attached to a 7.5cm-long barb made from bone and a length of line, made by the Maori people for catching larger species, Choice VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. See Bonhams African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art Auction (Nov. 2013), Lot 70 for a similar example.