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Sovui

human history
  • Ingoa Kōrero Noa
    Adornment
  • Ingoa Kē

    Spondylus shell ornament (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Sovui. Spondylus shell. Intended for personal adornment. Orange in colour with brown grooves. A hole drilled at the hinge with a tie of brown fibre threaded through and knotted.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1925.92
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    30 Apr 1925
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    13557 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
ornament, 1925.92, 13557, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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