Hetu
human history
Hetu. Comb. Segments of kāniu (coconut midribs) are cut and arranged, bound together with dark-coloured ovava (banyan tree fibre) to create a hetu with twenty three teeth in total. The hetu is flat and somewhat rectangular in shape, although narrowing at the top of the form. It is brown in colour with a matte surface treatment.
Nama tāpiringa: 1931.580 Whakahounga o Mua: 16 Sept 2019
- 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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Comb (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Niue
- 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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1931.580
- Rā Tāpiringa
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16 Nov 1931
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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16866.2 (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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