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Ei

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Necklace (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Ei. Necklace. Personal adornment. Consisiting of small white and pink/purple coloured spiral shaped land snail shells, Partula hyalina (scientific name). The shells are bored with cotton thread threaded through the holes of approximately six shells forming a bundle. The ei (shell necklace) is comprised of multiple bundles of shells, possibly sewn, onto a cloth base.

  • Wāhi
  • Accession Number
    1929.301
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1929
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    4456 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga
Ei, 1929.301, 4456, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital,… … Read more

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