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Te Tumara

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  • Ingoa Kē

    Shell girdle (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    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 off-white in colour with many dark brown spots across the exterior surface. The benu and te kora is brown in colour.

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

    25216.4 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

Te Tumara, 1940.3, 25216.4, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann,… … Read more

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  • Te Tumara, 1940.3, 25216.4, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te Tumara, 1940.3, 25216.4, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te Tumara, 1940.3, 25216.4, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te Tumara, 1940.3, 25216.4, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te Tumara, 1940.3, 25216.4, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te Tumara, 1940.3, 25216.4, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ornament

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