Te katau te nana
human history
Te katau te nana. Waist ornament. This is made up of two components; te kora (sennit cord) and te nana (coconut shell discs). Te nana are of its natural dark brown colour with a smooth surface. It is thin in depth and extremely small in circumference. The discs have been drilled or cut from a larger piece. Each have single perforations in the centre, by which it is threaded tightly onto te kora.
Accession number: 1940.3 Last Update: 30 Nov 2018
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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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25119.3 (ethnology)
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