ornament
human history
arm ornament made from tridacna shell. a currency used in the old times to buy wives; superseded in this purpose by porpoise teeth and red money.
Whakahounga o Mua: 14 Jan 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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- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Mala/Solomon 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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- Rā Tāpiringa
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- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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15221.1 (ethnology)
S309 (Edge-Partington)
- 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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