Te tui pule
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Te tui pule. This tui pule is made with taa (peeled and dried young coconut leaves) woven with accents of pule kena (light-coloured cowrie shells). A central rosette of pule uli (dark cowrie shells) are arranged in a flower motif, with three more pule along each side finely strung and woven into cordage of taa. This tui pule was a farewell gift given to the donors in the 1970s.
Nama tāpiringa: 1987.78 Whakahounga o Mua: 10 Sept 2026
- 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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Te malele pule uli (Tuvaluan)
Te paa kasoa (Tuvaluan)
Cowrie shell necklace (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- 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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1987.78
- Rā Tāpiringa
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28 Apr 1987
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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52419 (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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