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Te mwae te nikabono

human history
  • Ingoa Kōrero Noa
    Adornment
  • Ingoa Kē

    Neck ornament of conus shells

    Te itua nikabono

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Te mwae te nikabono. Neck ornament of conus shells. This te mwae (Neck ornament) consists of nineteen nouo (conus shells) segments strung onto light brown te kora (coconut sennit) and tied together at the ends. Each segment has been sliced off from the base of the nouo shell creating a flat disc shape that is slightly convex on the outer surface and has the raised spiral ridges of the shell visible on the reverse side.

    The nouo shells are off-white in colour with natural dark spiralled speckling. At the centre of each nouo is a circular hole, possibly naturally formed. A small perforation at the side edge of each of these shells has been drilled for te kora to thread through. Along the length of the kora there are two areas where the kora has been knotted.

  • Wāhi
    Nonouti/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1940.3
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1940
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    25178 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

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  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae te nikabono; 1940.3; 25178; Cultural Permissions Apply
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