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Hei. Shell necklace. Consisting of small brown, black and white mottled 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 mottled coloured spiral shaped pūpū alternating with pairs of poreho. The poreho have been placed with their openings facing each other.

Accession number: 2012.16.5 Last Update: 18 Jun 2018
Other Name

Shell necklace (English)

Place
Bora-Bora/Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
Accession Number

2012.16.5

Accession Date

06 Dec 2012

Other Id

2011.x.839 (temporary accession number)

56721.5 (ethnology)

Department

Pacific

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ornament, neck; 2012.16.5; 2011.x.839, 56721.5; Photographed by Andrew Hales; digital; 31 Jan 2018; Cultural Permissions Apply
ornament, neck; 2012.16.5; 2011.x.839, 56721.5; Photographed by Andrew Hales; digital; 31 Jan 2018; Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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