Taona n riri te burerewa
Taona n riri te burerewa. Used as adornment for dance costumes, this ornamental belt features burewa (small white cowrie shells) strung onto a cord of te kora (coconut sennit) then incorporated into a thickly woven belt of baa ni kaina (pandanus leaves). It is tied around the waist of a female dance performer, atop the riri, or dance skirt. All such decorative waist ornaments are collectively termed taona n riri. The burerewa are matte white in colour with a slight purple tinge. They are arranged in pairs along the length of the belt which serves to increase the overall width of the band. Two ties of natural baa ni kaina are incorporated to the ends.
- 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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Waist ornament of cowrie shells (English)
- Momo Ingoa Kē
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- Kupu whakaahua
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- 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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1936.295
- Rā Tāpiringa
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1936
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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23001 (ethnology)
111 (Maude Collection)
- 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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