condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Collections Online

Te pūkete kohinga

discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml

Te katau te tumara

human history
  • Ingoa Kē

    Waist ornament of poliuices shells (English)

  • Kupu whakaahua

    Te katau te tumara. Waist ornament of poliuices shells. This katau (waist ornament) is made with te kora (coconut sennit fibre cordage) and te tumara (poliuices shells). Te kora takes the form of a thick three-strand plait making up the base of the katau. Te tumara has been positioned individually across the kora. Te tumara are off-white in colour, feature short spires, large belly's and apertures. They are similar in size across the katau.

    Perforations have been bored through the exterior of the belly and near the lip of each tumara. Te kora has been threaded through the perforations near the lip and then lashed onto the thick braid of kora letting them hang from the katau. The spires follow one direction across the katau, leaving the opposite perforation visible to see. This katau has been left unfastened. The ends feature extensions of kora. Te katau te tumara would be worn across the waist for ruoia dances by women and young girls.

  • Wāhi
    Nonouti/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
  • Accession Number
    1940.3
  • Rā Tāpiringa
    1940
  • Tohu Tuakiri Kē

    25216.6 (ethnology)

  • Wāhanga

    Pacific

Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan… … Read more

Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga

Mātātuhi

  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Te katau te tumara, 1940.3, 25216.6, Photographed by Daan Hoffmann, digital, 13 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Ornament

Taonga

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.

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

The gift of curiosity