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Tupe

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Game disc (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Tupe. Disc for a pitching game. Large circular disc carved from rakau (wood). Thick on the base. Rises to a central point on one side. Flat side of the tupe is plain with no surface treatment other than some sanding to make smooth. Raised side has carved surface treatment; repeated geometric motifs carved around the circumference and at the centre. Brown in colour.

  • Wāhi
  • Wāhi Hāngai
  • Accession Number
    1927.88
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    17 May 1927
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    903.6 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Tupe, 1927.88, 903.6, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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