Figure 102. Melanesian and Micronesian bonito hooks: a-c, Solomon Islands hooks; d, Marshall Islands hook. a, hinge part of slender shank (1) forms head, worked into projecting knob (2) on front; point (3) has marked incurve to functional point (4) and distal projection (5) at base; one shank lashing (6) of point passes obliquely over slight nick in point, other (7) over distal projection; hackle (8) of beads, post-European adaptation. b, similar slender shank (1) with head knob (2); point (3) has similar incurved point (4) but distal projection (5) much deeper, forming upper acute angle with point limb, and back edge oblique instead of vertical; oblique back edge serrated for ornamentation; hole bored through large distal projection; one lashing (6) over high upper angle of distal projection, other (7) through hole in projection. c, shank, front view: shank (1) shows somewhat triangular knob (2) formed from hinge on front surface, with base grooved to form bifurcation; knob supports snood lashing and snood has no connection with point; tail end of shank which supports point has two paired lateral projections (6, 7); two lashings of point pass around shank on head side of these projections, which prevent lashings from slipping back over narrowing tail end. d, Micronesian hook: thick shank (1) with projection (9) on front formed by raised hinge and transverse hole (2) bored through projection of hinge at head end; long point (3) has no incurve and is simple without any projections at base; hole (10) bored through point limb to take lashing which is more complicated than in Melanesian hooks; another hole (11) pierced through above but does not function in lashing; hackle (8) cut off but is very large and long, composed of strips of bark bast; paired lateral projections at tail end prevent point lashings from slipping back.