Te Kohinga Taoka Māori
Collection Record
Trumpet, Putatara
Broken putatara. Weather bleached conch shell trumpet, with fragments missing from rear section of lip and at proximal end. There are three perforations apex end of the spire, where a wooden mouthpiece would have been attached. There is a large fragment missing from the body. There is a perforation on the outer lip. Along the outer lip, towards the distal end there is a chip, followed by a crack. There is a partial perforation at the anterior canal.
Provenance Place:
Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
D32.363
Details
- Provenance Place
- Kaikai Beach, Otago Heads, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand
- Cultural Group
- Kāi Tahu, Māori, Polynesian, Pacific
- Measurements
- 140 x 80 x 65mm
- Media/Materials
- conch shell, shell, animal, organic
- Credit Line
- David Teviotdale
- Rights
- All rights reserved
- Department
- Taoka Maori
- Accession Number
- D32.363
- On Display
- No
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