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  • Ingoa Kē

    Necklace (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Ei. Necklace consisting of pupu (shells) rengarenga (Yellow necklace-shell, Orobophana pacifica shell) and ua (seeds) mata koviriviri (Red-bead Tree, Adenanthera pavonina). The seeds and pupu are bored and strung in a spiral pattern on red cotton thread.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1993.134
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    07 Jul 1993
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    54584 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Ei, 1993.134, 54584, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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