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Te tebe

human history
  • Other Name

    Net float (English)

  • Description

    Te tebe. Net float with weights. This tebe (net float) is made from a piece of wood sourced from te ren (type of wood). It is small and cylindrical in shape with reduced ends. The two kabun (shells) attached to the tebe act as weights. The kabun shells are white in colour and the tebe is natural in colour.

  • Place
    Tarawa/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1939.104
  • Accession Date
    1939
  • Other Id

    24491.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Te tebe, 1939.104, 24491.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 20 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tebe, 1939.104, 24491.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 20 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tebe, 1939.104, 24491.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 20 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tebe, 1939.104, 24491.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 20 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tebe, 1939.104, 24491.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 20 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tebe, 1939.104, 24491.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 20 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tebe, 1939.104, 24491.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 20 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tebe, 1939.104, 24491.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 20 Dec 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply

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