Tipa paikea

human history

Tipa paikea. A looped snare for catching crabs (paikea). It is made from a long and slender piece of tuaniu (coconut midrib). At its tip is tied with a noose of braided fenū (young coconut fibre), white in colour. The tipa paikea is light brown in colour.

Nama tāpiringa: 1970.208 Whakahounga o Mua: 7 Dec 2022
Ingoa Kē

Crab snare (English)

Accession Number

1970.208

Rā Tāpiringa

1970

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

43958 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

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