discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Tauu human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēShell receptacle (English)Kupu whakaahuaTauu. Shell receptacle. This is a seashell. It 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. Its internal spire has remained whole. 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. It is dappled in a dark brown colour with a neutral off-white colour in between. The aperture’s exterior is of a deep pink with a polished surface. 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). Most tauu feature a broken cavity inside the aperture to allow more room to hold awa ba, however this one has remained whole.WāhiBeru/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1936.295Rā Tāpiringa1936Tohu Tuakiri Kē24118.3 (ethnology)79 (Maude Collection)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Tauu; 1936.295; 24118.3, 79; Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1936.295, 24118.3; 79Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiBeru/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1936Waitohu/māka24118.3; BERU IS.; GILBERT IS; DEP. (handwritten) 79 (label, stick on/label)PāohoshellRaraunga Ine185mm950mmTaumata whakarōpūContainerDistribution & Transportation 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