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Ei

human history
  • Other Name

    Necklace (English)

  • Description

    Ei. Necklace. Personal adornment. Consisiting of small white and pink/purple coloured spiral shaped land snail shells, Partula hyalina (scientific name). The shells are bored with cotton thread threaded through the holes of approximately six shells forming a bundle. The ei (shell necklace) is comprised of multiple bundles of shells, possibly sewn, onto a cloth base.

  • Place
    Rarotonga/Cook Islands
  • Accession Number
    1929.301
  • Accession Date
    1929
  • Other Id

    4456 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Ei, 1929.301, 4456, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ei, 1929.301, 4456, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ei, 1929.301, 4456, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ei, 1929.301, 4456, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ei, 1929.301, 4456, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ei, 1929.301, 4456, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 13 Dec 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply

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