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Ei (Necklace)
unknownCirca 1930
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland, New Zealand
Ei. Necklace consisting of pupu (shells) rengarenga (Yellow necklace-shell, Orobophana pacifica), grey-blue ua (seeds) poepoe (Job's Tears, Coix lacryma-jobi) brown pupu raroara (Melampus casteneus) and white/yellow pupu raroara (Melampus flavus). The ua and pupu are bored and strung with purple coloured cotton thread in no apparent set pattern.
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Details
- Title: Ei (Necklace)
- Creator: unknown
- Date Created: Circa 1930
- Location: Rarotonga/Cook Islands
- Provenance: Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
- Subject Keywords: Ornament, Neck
- External Link: Auckland Museum: Collections Online
- Medium: Shell, seed, cotton thread
- Rights: please see our Cultural Permissions guidelines for information on re-using this image., Auckland Museum's cultural-permissions policy applies
- Other reference number: 54585.35
- Acquisition number: 1993.134
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