discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te mwae human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēNeck ornament (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe mwae. Neck ornament. This is made of te kora (coconut sennit fibre cordage), te nana (coconut shell) and te buangui (whale teeth). A very fine two-ply kora has been used to make the neck band. Small circular discs of te nana have been ground and drilled with central perforations where kora has been threaded through. Te buangui is small in size. The root end of te buangui are cylindrical in form with a bulbous mid-section and then a curved tapered point for the exposed tooth end. Some of the tooth pendants show fractures and missing fragments. They are off-white and pale yellow in colour, hard in material and feature linear crevices vertical to its form. Each tooth pendant has been separated by three te nana shells forming an alternating pattern throughout the neck ornament. The mwae (Neck ornament) has been left unfastened. The kora extensions at the end of the mwae are long in length. An extended length has been tied onto one end.WāhiNonouti/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1940.3Rā Tāpiringa1940Tohu Tuakiri Kē25193 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te mwae; 1940.3; 25193; Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1940.3, 25193Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiNonouti/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1940Tikanga Waihangacarved drilled woven [handmade] [handwoven]Waitohu/māka 25193; GILBERT IS.; DEP. MAUDE; LLL (label, stick on/label)Pāohosennit/cord (fiber product)coconut (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibre[coconut shell]/shell (plant material)/plant materialwhale/sea mammal/mammal/tooth/boneRaraunga Ine2130mm45mmHuinga KaupapaAdornment/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūOrnament, NeckBody AdornmentOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua30 Nov 2018 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