discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te buangui human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēWhale tooth (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe buangui. Whale tooth. This has been cut from te buangui. It portrays rectangular cross-sections. The natural surface of the internal hollow is still present from where it slopes. It is hard and pale yellow with some dark brown linear areas. A circular perforation has been drilled into a short depth of te buangui. Small circular cavities can be seen in one area and fine linear crevices.WāhiBeru/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1936.295Rā Tāpiringa1936Tohu Tuakiri Kē22933 (ethnology)118 (Maude Collection)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te buangui; 1936.295; 22933, 118; Cultural Permissions… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1936.295, 22933; 118Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiBeru/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1936Tikanga Waihangadrilled CutWaitohu/māka22933; BERU DEP.; GILBERT IS. (handwritten) 811 (label, stick on/label)Pāohowhale/sea mammal/mammal/tooth/boneRaraunga Ine60mm20mm15mmHuinga KaupapaAdornment/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūOrnament, NeckBody AdornmentOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua30 Nov 2018 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60