Te nuota

human history

Te nuota. Belt of human hair. The nuota is a waist ornament used as part of the adornment for Kiribati male dancers' costumes. It is made with ten long lengths of flat braided ira n atu (human hair) and these are all a natural mix of dark brown and black in colour. Each braid is bristly in texture overall as loose ends of invidivual hair strands stray from each braid. Each end of the nuota is knotted securely with twisted human hair and incorporated with ba ni kaina (pandanus leaf), natural in colour. This nuota is currently stored as a bundle.

Accession number: 1936.295 Last Update: 5 Dec 2018
Other Name

Te nuoto ae Ituaki

Waist ornament of human hair

Place
Tabiteuea/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
Accession Number

1936.295

Accession Date

1936

Other Id

24011 (ethnology)

200 (Maude Collection)

Department

Pacific

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Te nuota, 1936.295, 24011, 200, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
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