discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te tumara human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēWaist ornament of human hair (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe tumara. Shell waist ornament. This is a waist ornament worn as part of the costume adornment of a Kiribati female dancer. It consists of a row of forty three tumara (ovum shell) lashed onto the base textile backing of 3-ply braided benu (coconut husk fibre). Each tumara is perforated through which light brown te kora is threaded through nad incorporated into the weave of the belt. One end of the girdle is finished in a knot while the other is finished in lashing. The tumara shells are a white in colour with a natural sheen. Shells 9 and 10 have distinguishable marks on their surface.WāhiKiribatiAccession Number1995.34.18Rā Tāpiringa16 May 1995Tohu Tuakiri Kē54934 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te tumara, 1995.34.18, 54934, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1995.34.18, 54934Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiKiribatiRāCirca 1940Tikanga Waihangadrilled plaited polishedWaitohu/māka54934 1995.34.18 KIRIBATI (handwritten) 54934 (label)Pāohoshellsennit/cord (fiber product)pandanus (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibreRaraunga Ine1455mm61mm32mmHuinga KaupapaAdornment/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Costume/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūOrnament, WaistBody AdornmentOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua05 Dec 2018 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60