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Rei puta

On display
human history
  • Common Name
    body adornments / ornaments
  • Other Name

    pendant

    pendant, reel

  • Description

    reel. Four notched ridges. Perforated, drilled from both ends, slightly off-centre. Reel is oval in cross section. On 1 side the notched ridges are interrupted by a longitudinal groove (lashing groove) which extends over the edges towards the drilled hole. Three pairs of paua shell circles, between 7-8 mm diameter, are set into the concave area inside the outer ridges, approximately equidistant around the circumference.

    These are probably a later addition as the notched ridges are reduced in width to accommodate the circles. The circles are set into holes 3 mm deep with flat bases. One paua circle is missing. The central drill hole has elongated at each end adjacent to the lashing groove. One outer ridge chipped and damaged

  • Place
    Oruarangi Pa/Coromandel District/Waikato/New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    Coromandel/Coromandel District/Waikato/New Zealand

    Oruarangi Pa/Coromandel District/Waikato/New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1933.379
  • Accession Date
    1933
  • Other Id

    19561.2 (ethnology)

    14004 (Asset Register)

    1719 (Taonga Database)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    Maori Court East

Rei puta; reel pendant; 19561.2

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  • Rei puta; reel pendant; 19561.2
  • Rei puta; reel pendant; 19561.2
  • 19561.2

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