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Tapeka rima (bracelet)

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NameTapeka rima (bracelet)

ProductionCook Islands

Classificationbracelets

Materialsshell (animal material)

Registration NumberFE008496

Credit lineGift of Mrs E. M. Paterson, 1954

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Category

Made of: shell (animal material)
Type of: bracelets
Depicts: Bracelets
Shells (Animal)
Influenced by: Polynesian
Oceanic
Cook Islands Māori

Place

Made in: Cook Islands
Influenced by: Cook Islands