Te mwae te uba
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Te mwae te uba. Neck ornament of pearl shell. This mwae (neck ornament) consists of a large uba (mother of pearl shell) of a golden yellow variety. It has been ground and highly polished into a disc shape with a high glossy sheen. There is a small perforation at top end near the hinge. Threaded through the hole is 3-ply kora string (coconut sennit) on which is strung an alternating pattern of te moromoro (trade bead) in red, forest green, and white. The kora is not tied together.
Accession number: 1936.295 Last Update: 30 Nov 2018
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Neck ornament of pearl shell (English)
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- Tabiteuea/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
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1936.295
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1936
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22940 (ethnology)
258 (Maude Collection)
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