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Te tumara

human history
  • Other Name

    Shell girdle (English)

  • Description

    Te tumara. Shell girdle. This is a waist ornament worn as part of the costume adornment of a Kiribati female dancer. It consists of a single row of tumara (white moon shell) lashed onto the base textile backing of benu (coconut husk fibre) with te kora (coconut sennit cordage) for strengthening. Each tumara is perforated through which te kora is threaded through. The ends of the girdle are secured in a knot.

    The tumara shells are a natural colour of off-white with some light grey spots across the exterior surface. The kora sennit is brown in colour.

  • Place
    Nonouti/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1940.3
  • Accession Date
    1940
  • Other Id

    25216.2 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

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  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.2, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ornament

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