Tui kupenga

human history

Tui kupenga. Net gauge. Used in the manufacture of fishing nets. Thin, flat wooden blade, pointed at both ends. Carved from rakau (wood) toa (Pacific Ironwood). Dark brown in colour.

Whakahounga o Mua: 6 Sept 2019
Ingoa Kē

Net gauge (English)

Wāhi
Rarotonga/Cook Islands
Wāhi Hāngai

Rarotonga/Cook Islands

Rā Tāpiringa

1899

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

12299 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
5 Mātātuhi
gauge, net, 12299, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 08 Nov 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
gauge, net, 12299, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 08 Nov 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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