Ei

Ei. Necklace. Composed of poepoe (blue/white coloured seeds) and pupu rengarenga (yellow necklace-shell, Orobophana pacifica shell). The pupu (shells) and seeds are bored, with cotton thread threaded through the holes forming the ei. The ei has been shortened by twisting and looping it a few times. Held together by a piece of red and white fabric.

Ingoa Kē

Shell and seed necklace (English)

Wāhi

Rarotonga/Cook Islands

Accession Number

1993.134

Rā Tāpiringa

07 Jul 1993

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

54585.9 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific