Lot Essay
The small fish hooks from Aua Island were probably collected by Captain George Pitt-Rivers, grandson of the General, who lived there for two years between the Wars
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AUA ISLAND AND SAMOA
Details
Eight pearl shell fish hooks or points
Aua Island and Samoa
The Samoan lure hook with pearl shell shank and barb, cloth hackle and twisted fibre snood on long length of plaited coconut fibre; and seven small trochus shell fish hooks from Aua Island, old label
l.8cm. to 11cm. long (8)
Aua Island and Samoa
The Samoan lure hook with pearl shell shank and barb, cloth hackle and twisted fibre snood on long length of plaited coconut fibre; and seven small trochus shell fish hooks from Aua Island, old label
l.8cm. to 11cm. long (8)
Provenance
Captain George Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, for the Aua hooks