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Ethnology of Tokelau Islands

Figure 9.—One-piece coconut-shell hooks. a, hook with shank end below tip of point, and slight clearance; b, typical hook with straight, angular point. c, hook with curved point leg; d, hook with short shank, possibly remade from the stub of a broken shank, and wide clearance. 1, Shank; 2, bend; 3, point leg; 4, point; 5, shank-lashing projection; 6, looped snood; 7, lashing of snood to shank. Measurements in inches inside and outside (respectively) are: hook a, shank 1¼ and 1½, point leg 1¾ an…

Figure 9.—One-piece coconut-shell hooks. a, hook with shank end below tip of point, and slight clearance; b, typical hook with straight, angular point. c, hook with curved point leg; d, hook with short shank, possibly remade from the stub of a broken shank, and wide clearance. 1, Shank; 2, bend; 3, point leg; 4, point; 5, shank-lashing projection; 6, looped snood; 7, lashing of snood to shank. Measurements in inches inside and outside (respectively) are: hook a, shank 1¼ and 1½, point leg 1¾ and 2, point 5/16 and 11/16, maximum width ¾ and 1⅛, clearance 3/16; hook b, shank 1¾ and 2¼, point leg 1¾ and 2⅜, point ¾ and 15/16, maximum width 15/16 and 1⅜, clearance ¼; hook c, shank 2⅜ and 2 15/16, point leg 1¾ and 3, point 1 and 1⅜, maximum width 1½ and 2⅛, clearance 7/16; hook d, shank 1 and 1 9/16, point leg 2 and 2 13/16, point ¾ and 1⅛, maximum width 1½ and 1 13/16, clearance 1 11/16.

Figure 9.—One-piece coconut-shell hooks. a, hook with shank end below tip of point, and slight clearance; b, typical hook with straight, angular point. c, hook with curved point leg; d, hook with short shank, possibly remade from the stub of a broken shank, and wide clearance. 1, Shank; 2, bend; 3, point leg; 4, point; 5, shank-lashing projection; 6, looped snood; 7, lashing of snood to shank. Measurements in inches inside and outside (respectively) are: hook a, shank 1¼ and 1½, point leg 1¾ and 2, point 5/16 and 11/16, maximum width ¾ and 1⅛, clearance 3/16; hook b, shank 1¾ and 2¼, point leg 1¾ and 2⅜, point ¾ and 15/16, maximum width 15/16 and 1⅜, clearance ¼; hook c, shank 2⅜ and 2 15/16, point leg 1¾ and 3, point 1 and 1⅜, maximum width 1½ and 2⅛, clearance 7/16; hook d, shank 1 and 1 9/16, point leg 2 and 2 13/16, point ¾ and 1⅛, maximum width 1½ and 1 13/16, clearance 1 11/16.