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Pare ei

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Tarae (Cook Islands)

    Hatband (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Ei taomi pare. Hatband. Band is circular, flat and lined with cloth. Cotton thread is threaded through bored red and white coloured pupu rikiriki (small shells) which are hand-sewn into the band. The pupu (shells) cover the entire outer surface of the band. The red pupu (shells) have been arranged to form the words "TIKURA MARUMARU".

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1987.118
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    19 May 1987
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    52451 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Ei taomi pare, 1987.118, 52451, Photographed by Jennifer… … Read more

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