Kumete

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Kumete. Bowl. Used as a container to hold food or liquids. Carved from rakau (wood), and almond in shape with a curved handle protruding from the rounded end of the kumete. Brown in colour.

Nama tāpiringa: 1937.69 Whakahounga o Mua: 20 Sept 2018

Ingoa Kē

Bowl (English)

Wāhi

Cook Islands

Wāhi Hāngai

Cook Islands

Accession Number

1937.69

Rā Tāpiringa

23 Feb 1937

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

23151.2 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Whakaahuatanga ā-Kiko

Kumete. Bowl. Carved from rakau (wood), and almond in shape with a curved handle protruding from the rounded end of the kumete. Brown in colour. There is a round sticker stuck on the underside of the kumete, with "H.B. BURNETT." handwritten across the sticker in black ink. "23151.2 COOK IS. Pres." handwritten in white ink on the underside of the kumete.

Kumete

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