Te tumara

human history

Te tumara. Waist ornament of moonshells. This is a waist ornament worn as part of the costume adornment of a Kiribati female dancer. It consists of a single row of tumara (white moon shells) lashed onto plaited kora (cordage of coconut fibre). Each tumara has a hole near the edge for ornamental suspension to lash on the plaited kora. One end of the tumara girdle is knotted, and one is left unknotted. The tumara shells are a natural colour of white with some discolouring across the exterior.

Nama tāpiringa: 1940.3 Whakahounga o Mua: 12 Jul 2019
Ingoa Kē

Waist ornament of moon shells (English)

Wāhi
Nonouti/Gilbert Islands/Kiribati
Accession Number

1940.3

Rā Tāpiringa

1940

Tohu Tuakiri Kē

25213 (ethnology)

Wāhanga

Pacific

Uiuitia Tirohanga API
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Te tumara; 1940.3; 25213; Cultural Permissions Apply
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