fish hook (Fishing Object)

The hook comes in 2 parts: the body and the head/hook. Both are made of shell, but the body is a lighter shade. The body is rather triangular shaped (scalene) and widest at the base. At the base is a hole. At the top is where the head/hook is afixed. In the middle of the body are 2 smoothed dents like they were finger holds (probably not). The head/hook is a little translucent and also has 2 holes in each corner. Through these holes are passed fibre strands that bind the head to the body. Some of these strands are loose create a kind of tail at the head where they've been knotted and cut off.Through one of them is also passed a cord of twisted fibre which then extends down the length of the body to tie through the hole at the body's base.

The body also features some faded writing, one of which is the date 31/5/71, the day it was put in the register. There is also very faded writing that appears to read where it is from: Vava'u Island, Tonga.