discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te reeree human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa Kōrero NoaArmament T&E, BludgeonIngoa KēSword (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe reeree. Sword. This weapon is made of three components: two separate guards and a vertical length that portrays both the handle and barbed blade. It has been constructed with the following materials: wii ni bakoa (sharks teeth), kanni (coconut wood), another type of wood different to the kanni, noko (coconut midrib) and nimwaerere (cordage of human hair and coconut sennit fibres). A length of the kanni has been cut, carved and filed into a cylindrical form. Its diameter has been kept even across the length. One end has been tapered into short a point and the end at the base of the handle shows a circular cross-section. Two curved lengths of wood that contrast that of the kanni have been filed into a guard component that has been lashed with a thick length of nimwaerere above the exposed handle area. Both guards are different lengths and crescent shaped. They both portray tapered points. Pairs of noko line the length of the blade. Each pair has been inlayed with wii ni bakoa. Each wii ni bakoa features a circular perforation that has been drilled through its centre. This is for the purpose of threading the nimwaerere. The nimwaerere has been used to lash and position both wii ni bakoa and the noko to the length of the reeree. This can be seen by its horizontal lashing. Two coils positioned upon the centre of the blade and near the intersection of the guard are made from the irauea (human hair cordage). The guard component shows a similar fashion of lashing the noko and wii ni bakoa along its crescent shape. Each end of the guards show a coil of the nimwaerere spaced between the lashings.WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiRā TāpiringaUnknownTohu Tuakiri Kē2004x4.479 (temporary accession number)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te reeree, 2004x4.479, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2004x4.479Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiRāUnknownTikanga Waihangacarved drilled woven lashed inlay [handmade] [handwoven]Waitohu/māka2004x4.479 (label, stick on/label)PāohounknownRaraunga Ine1040mm460mm30mmHuinga KaupapaWarfare/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūArmament T&E, WeaponTools & Equipment for Science & TechnologyWhakahounga o Mua03 Jan 2019 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60