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Te buangui

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Whale tooth (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Te 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.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1936.295
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1936
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    22933 (ethnology)

    118 (Maude Collection)

  • Wāhanga
Te buangui; 1936.295; 22933, 118; Cultural Permissions… … Read more

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