i Roi
i Roi. Fly whisk. Made from composite materials. The i Roi consists of a long cylindrical liga ni i roi (handle) carved from kau (wood) that is round in section with magimagi (coconut sennit) as the whisk. The long individual strands of magimagi are brittle, but are thickly braided at their base attached to the head of the red-brown handle then become loose strands as they flare outwards with an overall luscious and thick texture.The handle is of a red-brown colour, with a hole drilled through the butt, as well as two cracks converging at the butt.
- Collection Area
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Fly whisk (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- Wāhi
- Fiji
- 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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2013.9.3
- Rā Tāpiringa
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11 Apr 2013
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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56726.3 (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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