Te tui pule

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Te tui pule. This tui pule is made with taa (peeled and dried young coconut leaves) woven with accents of pule kena (light-coloured cowrie shells). A central rosette of pule shells are arranged around a central pule uli (dark cowrie shell) in a flower motif, with five more pule along each side finely strung and woven into cordage of taa. This tui pule was a farewell gift given to the donors in the 1970s.

Accession number: 1987.78 Last Update: 10 Sept 2026
Other Name

Cowrie shell necklace (English)

Place
Nanumea/Tuvalu
Accession Number

1987.78

Accession Date

28 Apr 1987

Other Id

52420 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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