discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te buangui human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēWhale tooth (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe buangui. Whale tooth. This has been shaped from te buangui. It is a pale, off-white colour with some discolouring. It has been smoothed and polished. It is shaped similar to a crescent. Its widest end features a circular perforation where it would have been part of a neck ornament.WāhiNonouti/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1940.3Rā Tāpiringa1940Tohu Tuakiri Kē25179 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te buangui; 1940.3; 25179; Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1940.3, 25179Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiNonouti/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1940Tikanga Waihangacarved drilledWaitohu/māka25179; GILBERT IS. DEP. (handwritten) 25179; GILBERT IS.; DEP. MAUDE; ZZ (label, stick on/label)Pāohowhale/sea mammal/mammal/tooth/boneRaraunga Ine105mm10mmHuinga KaupapaAdornment/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūOrnament, NeckBody AdornmentOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua30 Nov 2018 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