discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Vaka akaraanga human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēModel canoe (English)Kupu whakaahuaVaka akaraanga. Canoe, model. Small scale model of a double hull canoe carved from rakau (wood) tou (Island Walnut) with parau (pearl shell) inlay, rauara (pandanus) akamanea (decoration) and puru arkari (coconut sennit) lashing. Hulls and side boards carved from wood and lashed together. Parau inlay of geometric shapes along sides of the hulls. Fine puru akari lashing. Rauara panels border the top sides, also lashed to the hulls. Upper sides of the hull constructed from rauara with red fibre borders, possibly of apuraka (giant swamp taro). Additional rakau attachments placed on top of the vaka. Parau shaped to be the vaka's sail. The two hulls lashed together and connected by three horizontal rakau strats.WāhiManihiki/Cook IslandsWāhi HāngaiManihiki/Cook IslandsAccession Number1932.557Rā Tāpiringa18 Oct 1932Tohu Tuakiri Kē18716.2 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Vaka akaraanga, 1932.557, 18716.2, Photographed by Jennifer… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1932.557, 18726.2Takenga ā-AhureaManihikiKohingaNorthcroftKaiwaihanga Matua unknown (Maker)WāhiManihiki/Cook IslandsRāPre 1932Wāhi HāngaiManihiki/Cook IslandsTikanga Waihangacarved lashedWaitohu/māka557/32 (handwritten) NORTHCROFT 18716.2 MANIHIKI (handwritten)Pāohowood/plant materialsennit/cord (fiber product)pandanus (fibre)/plant fibre/natural fibre/fibreRaraunga Ine105mm400mm230mmTaumata whakarōpūModelDocumentary ArtefactsCommunication Artefacts ModelOther DocumentsDocumentary Artifacts08 Communication ArtifactsWhakahounga o Mua20 Sep 2018 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