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.