Hetu
human history
Hetu. Comb. Segments of kāniu (coconut midribs) are cut and arranged, bound together with dark-coloured ovava (banyan tree fibre) to create a hetu with twenty three teeth in total. The hetu is flat and somewhat rectangular in shape, although narrowing at the top of the form. It is brown in colour with a matte surface treatment.
Accession number: 1931.580 Last Update: 16 Sept 2019
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Comb (English)
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- Niue
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1931.580
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16 Nov 1931
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16866.2 (ethnology)
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