Ei
human history
Ei. Long Necklace. Personal adornment. Consisiting of poepoe (blue white oval shape seed) and raroara (type of shell, cream coloured and spiral shaped), melampus flavus (scientific name). The pupu (shells) and seeds are bored with cotton thread threaded through the holes forming the ei (necklace).
Accession number: 1993.134 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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Necklace (English)
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- Description
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- Place
- Rarotonga/Cook Islands
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1993.134
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07 Jul 1993
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54585.6 (ethnology)
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