Description
shaped to resemble a fish, the lure is fitted with a piece of carved and pierced fish bone (damaged tip) with hackles of pale goat hair and a length of old twine, with an old label inscribed in brown italics 'Fishing Hook made and used by Pitcairn Islanders 1829'
Dimensions
2.5cm wide, 10cm long
Footnote
Note: Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions. Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific.
In 1789, a famous mutiny took place when Master's Mate Fletcher Christian and about half the crew took control of the HMS Bounty, and set the Captain, Lt. William Bligh, adrift in the ship's launch with those crewmembers who remained loyal to him. Several of the mutineers along with their Tahitian & Tubuan consorts and a handful of native men found sanctuary on Pitcairn. The current population of Pitcairn is 50 who are descendants of 6 of the mutineers from this famous voyage, and their women.