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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 at the base. Rises to a central point on one side. Bottom, 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 triangular 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

    903.10 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Tupe, 1927.88, 903.10, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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