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Ei

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Shell necklace (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Ei. Necklace. Ei consists of two types of pupu (shells) raroara, cream coloured (Melampus flavus) and small chestnut-coloured pupu (Melampus casteneus). The pupu raroara are bored and appear to be arbitrarily arranged, some in larger groups of darker coloured pupu interspersed with smaller groups of cream coloured raroara. The pupu are strung end to end on nylon taura tautai (fishing line).

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1981.116
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    02 Apr 1981
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    49202 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Ei, 1981.116, 49202, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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