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water vessel

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    gourd (alternative name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Water vessel

    Made from a gourd, metal coil, and [bitumen]. The body is a large gourd with a spherical base, long thin neck, and an ovoid shape at the opening, the interior has been hollowed. A circular opening with flat lip. The spherical body is designed with incised designs of triangle boarders with cross hatch and diagonal filling inside the triangles. The underside has repairs to the gourd of metal cord stitching with a black substance creating a sealant

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1951.161.122
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    30 Aug 1951
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    32221.1 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

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