discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te nuota human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēHuman hair girdle (English)Kupu whakaahuaTe nuota. Human hair girdle. Te nuota are usually reserved for use by male members of a family. They are worn by men at Te Ruoia dances but are also used by men as girdles for tying mats around the body. Te nuota are made from plaited strands of female hair. Women plait long cords of their own hair (which at times is cut for this purpose), or from an old family store of female hair. This particular nuota uses three-ply cords of tightly plaited hair that consequently lie flat. There are several of these cords (10-15) which have been bunched together and knotted at either end and looped or doubled to make a thick and lengthy bundle. This bundle of plaited cords is then slightly twisted to give the nuota more of a uniform and tubular shape, appropriate for tying around the waist. The hair of the nuota is dark brown in colour and slightly frayed in placed.WāhiNonouti/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1940.3Rā Tāpiringa1940Tohu Tuakiri Kē25223.3 (ethnology)WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te nuota, 1940.3, 25223.3, Photographed by Andrew Hales,… … Read more Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1940.3, 25223.3Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiNonouti/Gilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1940Tikanga Waihangaplaited hand knotted loopingWaitohu/māka25223.3 NONUTI GILBERT IS. DEP. MAUDEPāohohuman hair/hair/animal materialRaraunga Ine1250mm105mm70mmHuinga KaupapaAdornment/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Men/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Performing Arts/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūOrnament, WaistBody AdornmentOrnamentPersonal ArtefactsWhakahounga o Mua27 Jun 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