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Te bunna wi ni baneawa

human history
  • Other Name

    Neck ornament of milk fish bones (English)

  • Description

    Te bunna wi ni baneawa. Neck ornament of milk fish bones. This is made from two material components: te kora and the bones from the head of the baneawa (milk fish; chanos chanos). A braided kora makes up the neck band. The bones vary in size but are similar in shape. One end is wide in shape and the opposite features a sharp forked end upon closer inspection. The wide end has a drilled circular perforation where a strand of the braided kora has been threaded through.

    This Neck ornament shows a double layer of the baneawa bones where the longest have been threaded in the middle and then sized off to the smaller ones towards the loose ends of the Neck ornament. The bones are off-white in colour and the kora is a mid brown in tone. This Neck ornament is unfastened. The name of this neck ornament suggests elements of significance, protection or a reflection of the wearers social status in society.

  • Place
    Beru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1936.295
  • Accession Date
    1936
  • Other Id

    23976 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Te bunna wi ni baneawa; 1936.295; 23976; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te bunna wi ni baneawa; 1936.295; 23976; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te bunna wi ni baneawa; 1936.295; 23976; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te bunna wi ni baneawa; 1936.295; 23976; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te bunna wi ni baneawa; 1936.295; 23976; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te bunna wi ni baneawa; 1936.295; 23976; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te bunna wi ni baneawa; 1936.295; 23976; Cultural Permissions Apply
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