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Tipunu

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Spoon (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Tipunu. Spoon. For domestic purposes as a utensil. Carved and shaped from kapu akari (coconut shell). End of handle is rounded with circular bowl. Tipunu has been polished, with no sheen on inside of tipunu. Dark brown in colour.

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1899
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    12325 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Tipunu, 12325, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 09 Nov… … Read more

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