Te mwae teimoone
human history
Te mwae teimoone. This strand of shell currency consists of small pieces of white te nouo (conus shell) and dark brown te nana (coconut shell) ground into small discs drilled at their centre and strung in an alternating monochrome pattern on a length of medium brown cord of te kora (coconut sennit), tied off into a neck ornament. The disc pieces are 8mm in diameter.
Nama tāpiringa: 1931.252 Whakahounga o Mua: 11 Jul 2024
- Collection Area
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- akm.collections.field_type_title_label
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Shell currency (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- [Kiribati]
- Wāhi Hāngai
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- Field Collection Place
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- Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai
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- Rā Kohinga
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- Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake
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- Accession Number
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1931.252
- Rā Tāpiringa
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1931
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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16374.3 (ethnology)
- Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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- Wāhanga
- Rūma Whakaatu
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- Herenga
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- Momo
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