Ei (Necklace)

unknownPre 1985

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand

Ei. Necklace consisting of blue-grey ua (seeds) poepoe (Job's Tears, Coix lacryma-jobi) and pupu rengarenga (Yellow necklace-shell, Orobophana pacifica shell). The ua and pupu are bored and threaded on nylon taura tautai (fishing line). The ei is threaded in a pattern of five ua poepoe followed by one pupu rengarenga for the entirity of the ei. Ei can be worn looped once.

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Title: Ei (Necklace)
Creator: unknown
Date Created: Pre 1985
Location: Cook Islands
Provenance: Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Subject Keywords: Body Adornments
External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
Medium: Seed, shell, nylon
Rights: please see our Cultural Permissions guidelines for information on re-using this image., Auckland Museum's cultural-permissions policy applies
Other reference number: 51927.7
Acquisition number: 1985.347

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

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