Te mwae te nikabono
human history
Te mwae te nikabono. Neck ornament of conus shells. Sixty one segments of nouo (conus shell) ground and polished into flat circular discs, perforated near edge and strung onto dark brown te kora (coconut sennit) which is broken and re-tied at the centre and sides with baan te kaina (pandanus fibre) of a natural colour. The nouo discs are off-white in colour with natural spiralled speckling across the surface with a hole at the centre of many of the nouo discs.
Nama tāpiringa: 1940.3 Whakahounga o Mua: 12 Jul 2019
- 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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Adornment
- Ingoa Kē
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Neck ornament of conus shells (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- 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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1940.3
- Rā Tāpiringa
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10 Jan 1940
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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25181.3 (ethnology)
2011.x.566 (temporary accession number)
- 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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