Ei
human history
Ei. Necklace consisting of small yellow pupu (shell) rengarenga (Yellow necklace-shell, Orobophana pacifica), raroara (Yellow ear-shell, Melampus luteus), and ua (seeds) mata koviriviri (Red-bead tree, Adenanthera pavonina). The pupu and ua are bored and strung in a pattern on nylon taura tautai (fishing line) in groupings of 10-30 pupu rengarenga alternating with 1 pupu raroara in between 1 mata koviriviri on either side. Ei is long and can be worn looped once.
Nama tāpiringa: 1981.116 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018
- 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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Necklace (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Rarotonga/Cook Islands
- 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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1981.116
- Rā Tāpiringa
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02 Apr 1981
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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49203 (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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