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ornament

human history
  • Ingoa Kōrero Noa
    Adornment
  • Kupu whakaahua

    whale tooth ivory ornament shaped like a cowrie shell. hole drilled in centre of ridge. Oldman Note: "Ex collection of Baron A von Hugel, Cambridge" illustrated in "Polynesian Artifacts" pl 62.

  • Wāhi
    Fiji
  • Accession Number
    1950.128
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    04 Jul 1950
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    31567 (ethnology)

    597a (Oldman Collection)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

ornament 31567

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