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Tuai

human history
  • Other Name

    Scraper (English)

  • Description

    Tuai. Scraper carved from a single piece of parau (mother of pearl shell). Rectangular in shape with one end slightly more narrow than the other. One end is rounded.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1941.59
  • Accession Date
    30 May 1941
  • Other Id

    26087 (ethnology)

  • Department
Scraper, 1941.59, 26087, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more

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