Hei
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Hei. Shell necklace. Consisting of small yellow and orange coloured spiral shaped pūpū and poreho (cowrie shells), white in colour with several of the pūpū with yellow rings across their backs. The pūpū are bored and threaded onto nylon wire. They have also been arranged to form a pattern consisting of pairs of yellow and orange coloured spiral shaped pūpū that alternate with pairs of poreho. The poreho have been placed with their openings facing each other. Several of the spiral shaped pūpū have dark coloured markings visible across them.
Accession number: 2012.16.2 Last Update: 18 Jun 2018
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Shell necklace (English)
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2012.16.2
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06 Dec 2012
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2011.x.836 (temporary accession number)
56721.2 (ethnology)
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