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Te vene

human history
  • Other Name

    Carrying strap (English)

  • Description

    Te vene. Carrying strap. This example of a vene is made using the fibres from the full side of lau kie (peeled and coloured pandanus leaf), which can be strong and sturdy as well as pliable to weave. The fibres are braided in a flat 3-ply braid with accents of dyed lau kie, orange in colour. At one end the vene is finished in a narrowing braid. The vene has been wound into a flat coiled disk.

    Vene are used by Tuvaluan women after childbirth, and wrapped around their waist. They can also be used to aid carrying or holding large bundles or weighted items, such as baskets. Vene are used by married women, not single unmarried girls. The vene inspires the following Tuvaluan proverb: 'Kete malaga ke mataea, tau vene ke loa'.

  • Place
    Vaitupu/Tuvalu
  • Accession Number
    1951.204.13
  • Accession Date
    23 Dec 1951
  • Other Id

    32527 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te vene, 1951.204.13, 32527, Cultural Permissions Apply

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