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Ei. Necklace consisting of blue/grey ua (seeds) poepoe (Job's tears, Coix lacryma-jobi) and ua mata koviriviri (Red-bead tree, Adenanthera pavonina). The seeds are bored and strung with cotton thread thread in a pattern of two ua poepoe followed by single ua mata koviriviri.

Accession number: 1993.134 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
Other Name

Seed necklace (English)

Accession Number

1993.134

Accession Date

07 Jul 1993

Other Id

54585.19 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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Ei, 1993.134, 54585.19, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 24 Nov 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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