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Ei. Necklace. Personal adornment consisting of brown and black speckled spiral shaped pupu (shells), and white coloured spiral shaped pupu. Both types of pupu are Dotted dove shell, Euplica scripta. The pupu are bored, and threaded with nylon taura tautai (fishing line). Single brown pupu are threaded on the taura tautai, with three bundles of white pupu in the center of ei. A metal screw clasp is attached at the ends.

Nama tāpiringa: 1985.347 Whakahounga o Mua: 27 Nov 2017

Ingoa Kē

Necklace (English)

Wāhi

[Cook Islands] [Phillipines]

Accession Number

1985.347

Rā Tāpiringa

23 Sep 1985

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

51927.11 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

Ei. Necklace consisting of brown and black speckled spiral shaped pupu (shells), and white coloured spiral shaped pupu. Both pupu are Dotted dove shell, Euplica scripta. The pupu are bored, with nylon taura tautai (fishing line) threaded through the holes forming the ei. Single brown pupu are threaded on the taura tautai, with three bundles of white pupu in the center of ei. A metal screw clasp is attached at the ends. Good condition.

Ei

Ei

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Ei

Ei

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Mātātuhi (4)

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