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Pouaka

On display
human history
  • Common Name
    carved box
    carved box
  • Other Name

    Taha huahua throat (Maori)

    tobacco jar (English)

  • Description

    A jar, intended for tobacco, imitation calabash throat. ** shaped like a ngutu taha

  • Accession Date
    1917
  • Other Id

    6145 (ethnology)

    1565 (Taonga Database)

  • Department
  • Display Room

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Display location

    Maori Court East

  • Last Update
    04 Feb 2019
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