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Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga

Figure 106. Fagatau bonito hooks: a, older form (B. P. Bishop Mus., Young Coll.); b, modern hook. a, point (1) has long proximal prolongation (2) and no hole; snood (3) incloses base of point, end passes through groove (4) on distal end of point; proximal end of loop seized by lashing (5) close to head of shank (6); proximal (7) and distal (8) shank-point lashings pass over proximal prolongation; feather hackle (9) fixed to under surface of shank by figure-of-eight turns of distal lashing in me…

Figure 106. Fagatau bonito hooks: a, older form (B. P. Bishop Mus., Young Coll.); b, modern hook. a, point (1) has long proximal prolongation (2) and no hole; snood (3) incloses base of point, end passes through groove (4) on distal end of point; proximal end of loop seized by lashing (5) close to head of shank (6); proximal (7) and distal (8) shank-point lashings pass over proximal prolongation; feather hackle (9) fixed to under surface of shank by figure-of-eight turns of distal lashing in method similar to Manihiki fixation (fig. 91); filler sticks (10) of coconut leaf midrib below lashings on either side; point base projects distally beyond end of shank tail to bring point bend back into suitable position for distal shank-point lashing. b, point (1) has unperforated proximal prolongation (2) but part corresonding with point limb pierced by hole (11); long snood loop (3) passes around groove (4) on back of point; seizing lashing (5) which closes loop is further from head than in a; proximal shank-point lashing (7) passes over proximal prolongation (2); distal lashing (8) passes through hole (11) in point, thus point does not project so far back over tail end of shank (6); filler sticks (10); hackle (9) of horsehair lashed to distal lashing (8) by means of transverse turns passing through grooves made on back of shank with file; steel needle used as in modern hackle attachments of Manihiki (fig. 95) and Tahiti.

Figure 106. Fagatau bonito hooks: a, older form (B. P. Bishop Mus., Young Coll.); b, modern hook. a, point (1) has long proximal prolongation (2) and no hole; snood (3) incloses base of point, end passes through groove (4) on distal end of point; proximal end of loop seized by lashing (5) close to head of shank (6); proximal (7) and distal (8) shank-point lashings pass over proximal prolongation; feather hackle (9) fixed to under surface of shank by figure-of-eight turns of distal lashing in method similar to Manihiki fixation (fig. 91); filler sticks (10) of coconut leaf midrib below lashings on either side; point base projects distally beyond end of shank tail to bring point bend back into suitable position for distal shank-point lashing. b, point (1) has unperforated proximal prolongation (2) but part corresonding with point limb pierced by hole (11); long snood loop (3) passes around groove (4) on back of point; seizing lashing (5) which closes loop is further from head than in a; proximal shank-point lashing (7) passes over proximal prolongation (2); distal lashing (8) passes through hole (11) in point, thus point does not project so far back over tail end of shank (6); filler sticks (10); hackle (9) of horsehair lashed to distal lashing (8) by means of transverse turns passing through grooves made on back of shank with file; steel needle used as in modern hackle attachments of Manihiki (fig. 95) and Tahiti.