Ear ornament (taiana) made from boar tusk. The ornament consists of a carved spur adorned with two small human figures (tiki) - one on the end of the spur, and the other on the side of the spur. There is a small hole drilled through the spur.
Ear ornament (taiana) made from boar tusk. The ornament consists of a carved spur adorned with three small human figures (tiki). There is a small hole drilled through the spur. (Possibly missing a disk from the end.)
Ear ornament (hakakai or ha'akai) made of tooth. The ornament consists of a large disk worn in front of the ear and a curved spur. The spur has a single hole through it with a small piece of wood inserted, and a toggle end.
Skirt of shells hung from plaited coconut fibre cords. The skirt consists of many lengths of small white and yellow shells strung by natural fibre, which are then tied to two cords of plaited coconut fibre. One strand has five smaller different shells. (Small piece of tape with collector number a...
Headdress (pa'e kea or pa'e kaha) consisting of a woven band of coconut husk fibre adorned with small circular pieces of shiny shell, mostly layered in pairs, and topped with a small asterisk design of turtle shell. The woven band tapers on each side, ending in loops, through which plaited coconu...
Molded clay lamp with round hole at centre top, and another in the spout. Rounded, clamshell-shaped body with spout projecting out from body. Three round bulges are spaced around the upper area, with vertical lines in between them. A dark accretion covers a section of the top. Bottom is plain.
Rectangular woven bag. Cut pieces of grass are woven together, with the intact ends left out as fringe. Blue decorations are attached in a row to the woven area between each line of fringe. The back of the bag is plain. A short plaited cord of coconut fibre(?) is attached to the top of each side....
Coconut nutshell with large hole cut in top, and a hollowed-out interior. Letters 'PB' carved on outside. A small piece of tape is adhered to the shell with the collector's number written on it.
Carved wooden pipe. The tapering stem has two human (tiki) figures (broken). Bowl has a tiki figure attached on one side. There is a separate small carving (part b) which appears to have once belonged to the pipe?
Possibly a nose flute? Large cylindrical flute-shaped instrument of bamboo stem. The flute has split on an angle into two pieces. One piece (part a) is larger, and the other piece (part b) has a triangular notch and a hole through to the opposite side. Various designs have been burned(?) into th...