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ornament, neck

Hei whakaatu
human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Necklace of ivory ornaments

    Rei

  • Kupu whakaahua

    necklace with fibre cord, wrapping of human hair. suspended at intervals are eight whaletooth ivory figures; includes three double spheres, pig with curled tail, rectangular shape. illustrated in 'Polynesian Artifacts' pl 21.

  • Wāhi
    Rurutu/Austral Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    1950.128
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    04 Jul 1950
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    31491 (ethnology)

    477 (Oldman Collection)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

  • Rūma Whakaatu

    Pacific Masterpieces

Neck ornament, Rei, 31491

Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga

Mātātuhi

  • Neck ornament, Rei, 31491
  • Neck ornament, Rei, 31491
  • Neck ornament, Rei, 31491
  • Neck ornament, Rei, 31491
  • necklace
  • necklace
  • necklace
  • necklace
  • necklace

Taonga

  • Whakaaturia te wāhi

    Pacific Masterpieces

  • Rārangi Mihi
    On loan from Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Gift of the New Zealand Government.
  • Kuputuhi e Wātea Tūmatanui ana

    Though prestigious by the nature of the material from which they are made and hence reserved for those of chiefly status, necklaces of ivory and human hair are generally not uncommon in the islands of Polynesia. However, with its attached symbols of power rendered in ivory, this particular style of neck ornament is very rare.

    The carved symbols representing ‘chief’s seats’, ‘testicles’ and ‘pig’, by their connotations would apparently refer to the influence enjoyed by the wearer over power and fecundity.

  • Takenga ā-Ahurea

    Austral Islands

  • Kohinga
    Oldman
  • Kaiwaihanga Matua

     unknown

  • Wāhi
    Rurutu/Austral Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific
  • Rā
    Unknown
  • Pāoho

    fibre

    human hair/hair/animal material

    whale/sea mammal/mammal/tooth/bone

  • Whakaahuatanga Ine
    length 476.3mm
  • Raraunga Ine

    476.25mm

  • Taumata whakarōpū

    Ornament, Neck

    Body Adornment

    Ornament

    Personal Artefacts

  • Whakahounga o Mua
    24 Mar 2023
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