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Te nuota

human history
  • Other Name

    Te nuoto ae Ituaki

    Waist ornament of human hair (English)

  • Description

    Te nuota. Belt made of human hair. The nuota is a waist ornament or belt used as part of the adornment for Kiribati male dancers' costumes. It is made with long lengths of flat braided ira n atu (human hair) and these are all black in colour. The eight long braids are plaited in 3-ply technique and loosely sewn together with european twine to create more width. Around the mid section these are all laid flat together with black thread.

    The nuota is bristly in texture overall as loose ends of invidivual hair strands stray from each braid.

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

    24012 (ethnology)

    201 (Maude Collection)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Te nuota, 1936.295, 24012, 201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te nuota, 1936.295, 24012, 201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te nuota, 1936.295, 24012, 201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te nuota, 1936.295, 24012, 201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te nuota, 1936.295, 24012, 201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te nuota, 1936.295, 24012, 201, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply

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