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  • Ingoa Kē

    Carved ivory box (descriptive name)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    box, ivory

    carved rectangular ivory box, with elaborate floral designs; hinged lid with metal clasps; one foot damaged; ivory clasp pin stored in interior, potentially part of object.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1959.24
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1959
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    col.0434 (colonial)

    37125.2 (ethnology)

    37125.1 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
box, 1959.24, col.0434, 37125.2, 37125.1, Photographed by… … Read more

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