Te nuota

human history

Te nuota. Belt of human hair. The nuota is a waist ornament used as part of the adornment for Kiribati male dancers' costumes. It is made with ten long lengths of flat braided ira n atu (human hair) and these are all a natural mix of dark brown and black in colour. Each braid is bristly in texture overall as loose ends of invidivual hair strands stray from each braid. Each end of the nuota is knotted securely with twisted human hair and incorporated with ba ni kaina (pandanus leaf), natural in colour. This nuota is currently stored as a bundle.

Nama tāpiringa: 1936.295 Whakahounga o Mua: 5 Dec 2018
Ingoa Kē

Te nuoto ae Ituaki

Waist ornament of human hair

Wāhi
Tabiteuea/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
Accession Number

1936.295

Rā Tāpiringa

1936

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

24011 (ethnology)

200 (Maude Collection)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
5 Mātātuhi
Te nuota, 1936.295, 24011, 200, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply
Te nuota, 1936.295, 24011, 200, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 16 Nov 2018, Cultural Permissions Apply Cultural Permissions Apply
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