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Taua

human history
  • Other Name

    Game mat (English)

  • Description

    Taua. Game mat. Used in a game as a mat for tupe (pitching discs). Woven from kikau ou (coconut leaf and midrib). Commencement from split coconut midrib, on sides of mat, woven out in 1/1 twill. Tie off is at sides under surface of mat.

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1927.124
  • Accession Date
    23 Jun 1927
  • Other Id

    1089 (ethnology)

  • Department
Taua, 1927.124, 1089, Photographed by Jennifer Carol,… … Read more

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