A Rennell Island shark hook gaung~a***. Melanesia. wood with sennit,. 34.6cm high including the loop, 20cm high, without the loop.. . Provenance. Bill Evans, Caspian Gallery, Sydney.. Joost and Truus Daalder Collection, Adelaide, Australia.. Private Collection, Sydney.. . cf. Adrienne L. Kaeppler. The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art, 2010, p.272, pl.227 - |Ritual hooks were used by the priest of the island to invoke the gods before fishing and were considered taboo.|