Qato ni Taba

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Qato ni Taba. Armlet. Made from Trochus shell, circular in shape, and mostly a pearly off-white in colour. The Qato ni Taba is predominantly plain and without decoration, however, there is a protrusion that has been carved out across the exterior surface of the Qato ni Taba, and is decorated with a vertical incision, dark brown in colour, with multiple smaller incisions that horizontally cut across the vertical line.

Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

armlet (English)

Place
Fiji
Other Id

14829.2 (ethnology)

O133 (Edge-Partington)

Department

Pacific

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