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Te tui pule

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Te malele pule uli (Tuvaluan)

    Te paa kasoa (Tuvaluan)

    Cowrie shell necklace (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Te tui pule. This tui pule is made with taa (peeled and dried young coconut leaves) woven with accents of pule kena (light-coloured cowrie shells). A central rosette of pule uli (dark cowrie shells) are arranged in a flower motif, with three more pule along each side finely strung and woven into cordage of taa. This tui pule was a farewell gift given to the donors in the 1970s.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1987.78
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    28 Apr 1987
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    52419 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Te tui pule, 1987.78, 52419, Cultural Permissions Apply

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