Tui kupenga

human history

Tui kupenga. Net needle. Used in the manufacture of fishing nets. Carved wooden rod, sharp point carved at one end. Carved from rakau (wood) toa (Pacific Ironwood). Dark brown colour.

Whakahounga o Mua: 6 Sept 2019
Ingoa Kē

Netmaking needle (English)

Wāhi
Rarotonga/Cook Islands
Wāhi Hāngai

Rarotonga/Cook Islands

Rā Tāpiringa

1899

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

8380.1 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
5 Mātātuhi
gauge, net, 8380.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 08 Nov 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply
gauge, net, 8380.1, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 08 Nov 2016, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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