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Click here to subscribeY A MĀORI FISHING LURE/HOOK NEW ZEALAND 19TH CENTURY Wood, abalone shell, bone and twine, modern base lure 10.5cm long Together with two mother-of-pearl fishing hooks/lures, Solomon Islands, 19th Century, twine, bone and tortoiseshell, modern bases, 9.5 and 6cm long Provenance: Ex Private UK collection (3 and x 3 display stands)
Paul Cowan, American b.1985 - Untitled (Mirror), 2012; fishing lures on canvas, signed and dated to the selvedge 'Paul Cowan 2012', also signed to the stretcher 'Cowan', 190.6 x 142.6cm (unframed) (VAT Charged on the Hammer Price) Provenance:Clifton Benevento, New York;private collection, acquired from the above in 2012 (according to a previous cataloguing of the work);Phillips, London, Heatwave: Online Auction, 14th-22nd July 2021, lot 27;private collection, UK
New Zealand, 18th-19th century A.D. An Oceanic fish-hook comprising a D-section wooden shank with polished shell panel (the lure) and barbed bone hook attached with twine. See Starzecka, D.C., Neich R. & Pendergrast, M., The Maori Collections of the British Museum, British Museum Press, 2010; Grulke, W., Adorned by Nature: Adornment, Exchange & Myth in the South Seas, At One Communications, 2022; Blau, D. & Maas, K., Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands, Hirmer, 2012. Hooper, S., Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860, British Museum Press, 2006. 15.9 grams, hook: 90 mm (3 1/2 in.). [No Reserve]From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.This Maori trolling lure fish hook (pā kahawai) comprises three pieces – a worked piece of polished haliotis or paua shell attached to a curved, wooden shank, and then a carved long barb. Each of the segments is held in place by tightly bound muka fibre. Such lures were used by the Maori to fish for sea salmon (kahawai). The lure would be dragged behind a fast-moving canoe to attract the prey with the haliotis shell glinting in the sun to emulate the scales of fish to attract larger fish. The technique of using a trolling lure was a Polynesian fishing technique that was brought to New Zealand by the Maori and adapted using local materials.
Circa 19th century A.D. An Oceanic fish lure comprising a polished shell body and a carved hook attached to the reverse with twine. See Waite, D. & Conru, K., Solomon Islands Art: The Conru Collection, 5 Continents, 2008. Blau, D., & Maas, K., Fish Hooks of the Pacific Islands, Hirmer, 2012; Brunt, P. & Thomas, N., Oceania, Royal Academy of Arts, 2018; Grulke, W., Adorned by Nature: Adornment, Exchange & Myth in the South Seas, At One Communications, 2022. 12.9 grams, 81 mm (3 1/4 in.). [No Reserve]From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.Such lures were not used with bait but were dragged behind a fast-moving canoe to attract the prey with the abalone shell glinting in the sun to emulate the scales of a fish in order to attract larger fish.
A collection of various fishing tackle including six various reels including Ryobi Southern Cross 6000, Ryobi Graphite ML3.5, Ryobi GX-50, Courtland CX40 Spin, Rovex Nexium NX6000 and a Ryobi LX02 together with Wychwood canvas fishing bag, a bag containing gaff, anchor leather belt etc, various fishing rod bags, tin of rod stoppers/ends, three various landing nets and box containing various weights, line, Ryobi and Vibrax lures, floats etc
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