Ei
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Ei. Necklace consisting of small pupu (shell) rengarenga (Yellow necklace-shell, Orobophana pacifica) and larger white/yellow pupu raroara (Melampus flavus). The pupu are bored and strung on white cotton thread in a pattern of approximately 18-25 rengaregna alternating with bundles of two raroara. The pupu raroara are bored and strung towards their narrow ends. The ei may be worn looped once.
Accession number: 1993.134 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Necklace (English)
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- Rarotonga/Cook Islands
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1993.134
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07 Jul 1993
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54585.30 (ethnology)
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