discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te kawaruwaru human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa Kōrero NoaAdornmentIngoa KēShark rattle shell (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe kawaruwaru. Shark rattle shell. This is a marine snail shell otherwise known as a helmet shell. It is bulbous in midsection. It has a flat base where the aperture opens. There is a small point followed by sutures that make up a flat series of spires as part of the whorl. The largest part of the whorls surface features a series of blunt points. Fine ridges make up the surface texture and is coloured in neutral brown and white. The flat opening of the aperture has a polished surface and a serrated lip. A series of ridges across the lip are coloured brown and the inside of the aperture is dark pink in colour. These particular shells are used to produce te kawaruwaru. Holes would be bored through their sides where te kora (coconut sennit cordage) is threaded. This rattle would be used in the water for luring sharks.WāhiBeru/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1936.295Rā Tāpiringa1936Tohu Tuakiri Kē24111.1 (ethnology)154 (Maude Collection)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te kawaruwaru; 1936.295; 24111.1, 154; 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, 24111.1; 154Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiBeru/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1936Waitohu/māka24111.1; BERU IS.; GILBERT IS.; DEP (handwritten) 154 (label, stick on/label)PāohoshellRaraunga Ine130mm95mmHuinga KaupapaFishing/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua27 Jun 2019 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