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Tauu

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Shell receptacle (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Tauu. Trumpet shell. The tauu is of the Charonia Tritonis type. It has a bulbous mid section, with a point at one end and a large aperture on the opposite end. From its point are a series of sutures that form the whorl. A larger whorl makes up the lower part of its form. The aperture of the shell features a forced cavity. Where the lip of the aperture meets towards the end of the shell it furrows in to form a small funnel.

    Its exterior is made up of a series of small soft and hard ridges. Its is dappled in a dark brown colour with a neutral off-white colour in between. The aperture is off-pink in colour. Te tauu is a receptacle used for containing warmed awa ba (body oil) which is then poured through its funnel into another container such as te binobino (coconut calabash). Its forced cavity provides more room for holding awa ba.

  • Wāhi
    Beru/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1936.295
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1936
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    24118.1 (ethnology)

    79 (Maude Collection)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

Tauu; 1936.295; 24118.1, 79; Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Tauu; 1936.295; 24118.1, 79; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tauu; 1936.295; 24118.1, 79; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tauu; 1936.295; 24118.1, 79; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Tauu; 1936.295; 24118.1, 79; Cultural Permissions Apply

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