discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Pavahina human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa Kōrero NoaAdornmentIngoa KēOrnament (English)Kupu whakaahuaPavahina. A collection of pavahina (small tassel-like ornaments) of huruhuru (human hair), likely for ornamental purpose, stored in a metal tin. Each tassel consists of a small segment of grey huruhuru bound at one end and quilleted with taura firi nape (twisted coconut sennit fibre) of a brown natural colour. There are nine pavahina in total, of varied lengths and thicknesses. One in particular is thicker and larger than the others. The pavahina were stored in a small tin box with a yellow and red lid.WāhiMarquesas/French Polynesia/PacificAccession Number1925.205Rā Tāpiringa12 Oct 1925Tohu Tuakiri Kē49139 (ethnology)16800 (ethnology)1925.205 (accession number)1931.533 (accession number)3278 (temporary number)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete ornament, hair, 1925.205, 49139, 16800, 1925.205, 1931.533,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 1925.205, 49139Takenga ā-AhureaMarquesas IslandsKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiMarquesas/French Polynesia/PacificRāPre 1925Tikanga Waihangabraided TiedWaitohu/māka"Paua-hina = grey hair bound together and used for ornaments, forehead band, Marqueasas, 1875. (note)Pāohometal/inorganic materialplant fibre/natural fibre/fibrehair/animal materialRaraunga Ine102.5mm26mm20mm70mm2mm61mm7mm68mm12mm77mm15mm67mm7.5mm55mm8mm81mm17mm74mm5mm61.5mm96mm25mmTaumata whakarōpūOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua18 Jun 2018 Tūemi e whai hononga Ngā hua o DigitalNZ Pavahina (tassel ornament) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Pavahina (tassel ornament) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa WELLINGTON WINTER MEETING. (Evening Post, 29 July 1899) National Library of New Zealand Mea e whai hononga ai E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60