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Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands

Figure 152.—Wooden shark hooks. a, length, 266 mm. (Oldman coll., 380). b, enlargement of snood lashing of a:1, shank knob; 2, thick sennit, part of snood, wrapped around shank below shank knob; 3, fine sennit lashing, in inaere pattern, to fix snood; 4, seizing, which continued to end of snood. c, length, 225 mm.; outside width below snood lashing, 143 mm.; thickness of shank limb below lashing, 28 mm., at bend, 45 mm., of point limb opposite lower end of snood lashing, 26 mm.: 1, shank knob; …

Figure 152.—Wooden shark hooks. a, length, 266 mm. (Oldman coll., 380). b, enlargement of snood lashing of a:1, shank knob; 2, thick sennit, part of snood, wrapped around shank below shank knob; 3, fine sennit lashing, in inaere pattern, to fix snood; 4, seizing, which continued to end of snood. c, length, 225 mm.; outside width below snood lashing, 143 mm.; thickness of shank limb below lashing, 28 mm., at bend, 45 mm., of point limb opposite lower end of snood lashing, 26 mm.: 1, shank knob; 2, snood wrapping; 3, fine sennit lashing similar to b; 4, seizing around snood; 5, sinker, in form of disc with diameter of 65 mm. and thickness of 45 mm.; circumference grooved for sennit which is lashed to snood; 6, eye formed at end of snood by seizing (British Mus., 1903-18).

Figure 152.—Wooden shark hooks. a, length, 266 mm. (Oldman coll., 380). b, enlargement of snood lashing of a:1, shank knob; 2, thick sennit, part of snood, wrapped around shank below shank knob; 3, fine sennit lashing, in inaere pattern, to fix snood; 4, seizing, which continued to end of snood. c, length, 225 mm.; outside width below snood lashing, 143 mm.; thickness of shank limb below lashing, 28 mm., at bend, 45 mm., of point limb opposite lower end of snood lashing, 26 mm.: 1, shank knob; 2, snood wrapping; 3, fine sennit lashing similar to b; 4, seizing around snood; 5, sinker, in form of disc with diameter of 65 mm. and thickness of 45 mm.; circumference grooved for sennit which is lashed to snood; 6, eye formed at end of snood by seizing (British Mus., 1903-18).