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296 The N.Z. Journal of Science and Technology. [Jan. 
the prow of a canoe. The keel is slightly concave longitudinally, and at 
the square-cut end, where the barb was lashed on, it has been flattened for 
| in. to accommodate the lashing. With the same view three grooves have 
been formed across the flat side of this end, and a notch looks like the 
commencement of a fourth groove. The two peculiar lugs near the other 
end of the shank do not show out well: a side view would have made them 
clearer. The X-like grooves would apparently serve no useful end, as 
Fig. 1. 
Fig. 1.—Stone-shanked fish-hook, fitted with line, barb, and feather lure. (Actual size.) 
Fig. 2.—A stone fish-hook shank from Otago. The cross-section is shown at the right. 
in securing the line to the shank no lashing was passed round the shank. 
Presumably this implement is in an unfinished condition, as well-finished 
specimens are usually provided with a hole pierced through the pointed 
end for the purpose of securing the hook to the line. The width of 
the flat side shown in the illustration, at its widest part, is 1 in. The 
thickness of the object near the lugs is also 1 in., decreasing to § in. at the 
squared end. Its weight is somewhat over 2J oz., and all surfaces are 
ground smooth. 
Fig. 2. 
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