Rei puta
human history
This whale tooth has two eyes carved into the point, both of them very worn. Three suspension holes have been made at the top edge, but only the middle one is intact. The surface of the tooth is worn and it has a low polish.
Whakahounga o Mua: 25 May 2026
- Collection Area
- —
- akm.collections.field_type_title_label
- —
- Te reo Name
- —
- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
-
body adornments / ornaments
- Ingoa Kē
- —
- Momo Ingoa Kē
- —
- Kupu whakaahua
- —
- Wāhi
- —
- Wāhi Hāngai
- —
- Field Collection Place
- —
- Wāhi Whāiti Taketake i Kohia ai
- —
- Rā Kohinga
- —
- Rā i Kohia i te Wāhi Taketake
- —
- Accession Number
- —
- Rā Tāpiringa
-
1916
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
-
6050 (ethnology)
1180 (Taonga Database)
- Momo Tohu Tuakiri Kē
- —
- Wāhanga
- Rūma Whakaatu
- —
- Herenga
- —
- Momo
- —
