Te buangui
human history
Te buangui. Whale tooth. This has been shaped from te buangui. It is a pale, off-white colour with some discolouring. It has been smoothed and polished. It is shaped similar to a crescent. Its widest end features a circular perforation where it would have been part of a neck ornament.
Nama tāpiringa: 1940.3 Whakahounga o Mua: 30 Nov 2018
- Collection Area
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- akm.collections.field_type_title_label
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- Te reo Name
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- Ingoa Kōrero Noa
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- Ingoa Kē
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Whale tooth (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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1940.3
- Rā Tāpiringa
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1940
- Tohu Tuakiri Kē
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25179 (ethnology)
- 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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