Ei
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Ei. Necklace. Personal adornment. Consisiting of small white and pink/purple coloured spiral shaped land snail shells, Partula hyalina (scientific name). The shells are bored with cotton thread threaded through the holes of approximately six shells forming a bundle. The ei (shell necklace) is comprised of multiple bundles of shells, possibly sewn, onto a cloth base.
Accession number: 1929.301 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Necklace (English)
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- Rarotonga/Cook Islands
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1929.301
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1929
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4456 (ethnology)
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