| Object ID |
1998.17.2 |
| Object Name |
Weight, Net |
| Acq Value |
150 |
| Accession# |
1998.7 |
| Description |
This sinker is elliptical in shape,with an inner flat surface and an outer rounded surface with a longitudinal groove in the medial line of the longest diameter. This is the stone part of a composite squid lure which usually consists of a wooden stem, a stone sinker, and a bone hook. These components are lashed together with olona thread. The thread is tied to the front end of the stem, passed back over the stone in the middle groove, and passed around the stem at the back edge of the stone. The bone hook is lashed to the stem with a separate length of olona twine. In some squid lures, a cowry shell is lashed opposite the stone sinker.
There are numerous words in the Hawaiian language for these sinkers; komano, pu'ukuna, maili, polipoli, pupukea, kalapaika, 'iole, kauaula, or 'o'io. The various names reflect the attention which the craftsmen paid to the varieties of stone raw material |
| The Major Collection Name |
Native Hawaiian Collection |
| How old it might be |
Unknown |
| Found |
Kona, Hawaii |
| How new it might be |
1928 |
| Made |
Hawaii |
| Material |
Sandstone |
| Used |
Fishing equipment |
| Weight |
0.000 |
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