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Kai ni waerau

human history
  • Other Name

    Thatching needle

    Kai ni wairau

  • Description

    Kai ni waerau. Thatching needle. This is a tool made of turtle bone used for piercing te ira (pandanus leaf) and then inserting te noko (coconut midrib) and kora (coconut sennit fibre cord). It is triangular in form with a concave furrow. The wider side of the triangular form is slightly stubbed, showing porous textures from the bone. The top point has been filed along with the edges revealing an ivory colour.

    Opposite the convex furrow, the other surface is convex, curving towards the filed edges of the convcave furrow. The exterior surfaces that have not been filed show some residue of dirt in a dark black to brown.

  • Place
    Beru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1936.295
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    22915.3 (ethnology)

    185 (Maude Collection)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Kai ni waerau; 1936.295; 22915.3, 185; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni waerau; 1936.295; 22915.3, 185; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni waerau; 1936.295; 22915.3, 185; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Kai ni waerau; 1936.295; 22915.3, 185; Cultural Permissions Apply

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