Ei
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Ei. Necklace consisting of small spherical dark brown/black coloured seeds ua (seeds) puka (from the Lantern tree, Hernandia nymphaeifolia) and small pupu (shells) teatea (white). The ei is arranged in small groupings consisting of three ua puka with small clusters of pupu teatea placed in-between each of the ua puka, followed by larger groupings of pupu teatea. The ua puka and the pupu teatea are bored and strung on nylon taura tautai (fishing line).
Accession number: 2015.22.9 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Necklace (English)
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- Mangaia/Cook Islands
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2015.22.9
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07 Apr 2015
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56758.9 (ethnology)
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