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Hetu

human history
  • Other Name

    Comb (English)

  • Description

    Hetu. Comb. Segments of kāniu (coconut midribs) are cut and arranged, bound together with dark-coloured ovava (banyan tree fibre) to create a hetu with twenty three teeth in total. The hetu is flat and somewhat rectangular in shape, although narrowing at the top of the form. It is brown in colour with a matte surface treatment.

  • Place
    Niue
  • Accession Number
    1931.580
  • Accession Date
    16 Nov 1931
  • Other Id

    16866.2 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

comb, 1931.580, 16866.2, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • comb, 1931.580, 16866.2, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • comb, 1931.580, 16866.2, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • comb, 1931.580, 16866.2, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • comb, 1931.580, 16866.2, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • comb, 1931.580, 16866.2, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • comb, 1931.580, 16866.2, Cultural Permissions Apply
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