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Te reeree

human history
  • Ingoa Kōrero Noa
    Armament T&E, Bludgeon
  • Ingoa Kē

    Sword (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Te reeree. Sword. This is a hand held weapon made from the following materials: kanni (coconut palm wood), noko (coconut midrib), wii ni bakoa (shark teeth), kora (coconut sennit fibre cordage), ira (pandanus leaf) and irauea (cordage of human hair). A length of kanni has been cut and filed into a cylindrical form with a tapered point at the top. Its base shows a short tapered point and circular cross-section.

    Two pairs of the noko start from the centre of the length of the kanni and finish just before the point of the reeree. Each pair shows a continuous inlay of wii ni bakoa. Each wii ni bakoa shows a drilled circular perforation at its centre where the kora has been inserted and used to lash and position both the noko and wii ni bakoa. A fractured and fibrous width of the ira has been used to finish the point of the reeree. A thin length of the irauea has been used to create a woven encasement and a few lengths of the original fringing remain.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1990.57
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    06 Mar 1990
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    53460.1 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Te reeree, 1990.57, 53460.1, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann,… … Read more

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