Ei
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Ei. Necklace. Personal adornment. Pupu (shells) and ua mata koviriviri (red seeds) are bored, with cotton thread threaded through the holes forming the Ei (necklace). There are of two types of pupu (shells). Raroara (cream coloured shells), melampus flavus (scientific name) and pink-coloured cowrie shells (cypraeidae).
Accession number: 1993.134 Last Update: 20 Sept 2018
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- Other Name
Shell necklace (English)
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- Description
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- Place
- Rarotonga/Cook Islands
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- Accession Number
1993.134
- Accession Date
07 Jul 1993
- Other Id
54585.10 (ethnology)
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- Display Room
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