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Te mwae

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  • Ingoa Kē

    Neck ornament

    Te Mwae

    Te mwae Teimoone

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Te mwae. Neck ornament. This te mwae (Neck ornament) is made up of three material components: te kora (coconut sennit fibre), coconut shell and conus shell. A pale brown two-ply cord of kora has been used as the band to thread circular discs of sea shell and coconut shell. The circular discs are small in circumference, thin in depth and have been drilled or cut from a larger piece. A central perforation has been drilled for threading onto the fibrous band.

    The sequence of shell discs are patterned, alternating between an off-white conus shell disc then a mid to dark brown coconut shell disc. Some segments of te mwae show where two coconut shell discs have been threaded together. The patterned sequence has been repeated across the Neck ornament entirely. Te kora has been knotted in two segments, closing off the entire te mwae. The discs are similar in diameter and depth.

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

    25190.7 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

Te mwae; 1940.3; 25190.7; Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Te mwae; 1940.3; 25190.7; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae; 1940.3; 25190.7; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae; 1940.3; 25190.7; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae; 1940.3; 25190.7; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae; 1940.3; 25190.7; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te mwae; 1940.3; 25190.7; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ornament

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