Te katau te nana
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Te katau te nana. Waist ornament of coconut shell discs. This is made up of two components; te kora (sennit cord) and te nana (coconut shell discs). It is a double stranded piece. Te kora is constructed using the two-ply technique. These are used to thread numerous te nana, which are perforated at the centre. They have been drilled or cut from a larger piece, showing thin depth and large discs in circumference. Te nana are of various shades of its natural, dark brown colour.
Accession number: 1940.3 Last Update: 15 Aug 2019
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Waist ornament of coconut shell discs (English)
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- Nonouti/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
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1940.3
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1940
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25114.3 (ethnology)
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