Te mwae teimoone
human history
Te mwae teimoone. Shell currency. This long strand of shell currency consists of small pieces of white nouo (conus shell) and te nana (dark brown coconut shell) ground into small discs drilled at their centre and strung in an alternating monochrome pattern on a length of medium light brown fibre cord, tied off with extra loose thread braided at each end. The disc pieces are 4mm in diameter.
Nama tāpiringa: 1951.207.49 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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Shell currency (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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1951.207.49
- Rā Tāpiringa
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19 Dec 1951
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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32567 (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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