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Tipa paikea

human history
  • Other Name

    Crab snare (English)

  • Description

    Tipa paikea. A looped snare for catching crabs (paikea). It is made from a long and slender piece of tuaniu (coconut midrib). At its tip is tied with a noose of braided fenū (young coconut fibre), white in colour. The tipa paikea is light brown in colour.

  • Place
    Fakaofo/Tokelau Islands/Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1970.208
  • Accession Date
    1970
  • Other Id

    43958 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Tipa paikea, 1970.208, 43958, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Tipa paikea, 1970.208, 43958, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tipa paikea, 1970.208, 43958, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tipa paikea, 1970.208, 43958, Cultural Permissions Apply

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