flöte

Flöte av trä i fågelform, inlagt med pärlemor. Näbbspetsen avbruten, rekonstruerad på GEM i enlighet med Beasley, Harry G.: Fish Hooks, London 1928, Plate CI:3 (Pacific Island Records). Flötet är defekt: den anbringande stenen längst ner saknas. >
Litt.: W.G. Ivens: Melanesians of the South-east Solomon Islands 1927. pp 384f.: "Flying fish are caught in the summer months, long wooden floats with stones attached being used, twleve floats forming a line... The foats are all different, and each has its name and its place in the the line. The tops of the floats are carved to represent birds or fishes or other objects, or a legendary person like Kareimenu. The line is fastened round a boss just below the carving, and is three fathoms in length. The bait consists of a the flesh of the robber crab or of prawns, and is tied on to a V-shaped gorge made of the mid-rib of the sago palm leaf."
Användes vid fiske med snöre och fiskesticka.

(orig. nr. D.26.951.) (katalogkort/originalbeskrivning)