Te wete
human history
Te wete. Barb of te baiku (stingray). This wete is a long piece of bone with natural serration along its edges. It has a matte surface treatment and is off-white in colour. Natural wete could contain properties that could poison the blood and have been utilised in the making of Kiribati weapons.
Nama tāpiringa: 1920.86 Whakahounga o Mua: 30 Nov 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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Sword set with shark's teeth (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
- 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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1920.86
- Rā Tāpiringa
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1920
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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8876 (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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